President Muhammadu Buhari will observe this year’s Eid prayers
with his family at home, presidency said on Friday.
The president has also cancelled the usual celebration with top
government officials, political leaders, community heads, Muslim
and Christian religious leaders and children, saying he would not
receive any homage this year as part of efforts to contain
coronavirus.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, said these were the
resolves of the president as the month-long Ramadan fast was coming
to an end and Eid-el-Fitr celebration around the corner.
According to Shehu, the decision is in observance of the
lockdown measures put in place in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
“to save lives and protect people from all dangers.”
He also said the move was in line with the directive of the
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam
(JNI), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, suspending Eid congregational
prayers across the country as well as the protocol against mass
gathering issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
President Muhammadu Buhari will observe this year’s Eid prayers
with his family at home, presidency said on Friday.
The president has also cancelled the usual celebration with top
government officials, political leaders, community heads, Muslim
and Christian religious leaders and children, saying he would not
receive any homage this year as part of efforts to contain
coronavirus.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, said these were the
resolves of the president as the month-long Ramadan fast was coming
to an end and Eid-el-Fitr celebration around the corner.
According to Shehu, the decision is in observance of the
lockdown measures put in place in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
“to save lives and protect people from all dangers.”
He also said the move was in line with the directive of the
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam
(JNI), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, suspending Eid congregational
prayers across the country as well as the protocol against mass
gathering issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.