Former Vice President and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the President Muhammadu Buhari led government, assuring that their support for the government will soon start yielding dividends. In his Sallah message to Nigerian Muslims, the former Vice President asked Muslims to portray Islam positively through the spirit of tolerance and commitment to peaceful coexistence in their everyday conducts.
He said the lessons of this Holy month should be taken beyond the celebration, adding that self-discipline and love for fellow human beings is one of the important virtues of the Ramadan fasting period, and that these virtues should not “desert our hearts because the event has come to an end.” He explain that abstention from eating and drinking “is an important reminder to the Muslim faithful that there are millions of others who go without food daily on account of their poverty.”
While asking the Muslims ummah in particular and Nigerians in General to continue to show patience with the Muhammadu Buhari administration, which he says is aware of hardships they were passing through, Atiku assured that their support for the government would ultimately yield dividends.
