By Chinedu Nwafor,Abakaliki

Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has called on the Muslim Ummah to use the Eid-el-Kabir season to pray for peace, unity, love, and social cohesion across Nigeria.

This was contained in a statement signed by Dr. Monday Uzor, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Wednesday.

Nwifuru said sacred occasions like Eid-el-Kabir provide a “rare privilege to seek spiritual solutions to the plethora of physical challenges” facing the country.

He urged Muslims to offer supplications and heartfelt contrition to Allah during the festival.

“The truth is that sacred occasions, events and seasons like this offer us not only the opportunity, but rare privilege to seek spiritual solutions to the plethora of physical challenges greeting and staring starkly at us as a nation,” the governor said.

“And Eid-el-Kabir is such an opportunity graciously granted to us to seek Allah’s face and intervention,” he added.

Nwifuru stressed that peace, unity, and love are key to addressing Nigeria’s challenges, describing them as “the tripartite solutions to our pluralistic questions.”

He urged Muslims to pray for peace nationwide, unity in pursuit of a common political front, and love for one another to strengthen social cohesion.

The governor also reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to working with religious organizations to promote interfaith dialogue and good governance.

“As government, we will continue to partner religious organizations to deliver good governance as enshrined in the People’s Charter of Needs Agenda,” he said.