Makinde, Diri urge Muslims to advertise peace, uphold Ramadan classes

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, urged the Muslim Ummah to imbibe the virtues of humility, kindness, and forgiveness, and to proceed to abide by the doctrines and classes of the Holy Quran past the Ramadan interval.

The Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, represented the governor when he led Muslim devoted, together with clerics and political workplace holders on the federal, state, and native authorities ranges, on a Sallah homage to the governor’s residence.

This was contained in an announcement issued by the Particular Adviser to the governor on media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in Ibadan.

Addressing the Muslim Ummah after they had been obtained by the governor’s spouse, Tamunominini Makinde, shortly after the Eid-el-Fitr prayers on the Eid Floor, Agodi, Ibadan, the governor congratulated them on witnessing the top of Ramadan and the 2026 Eid-el-Fitr celebration.

He appreciated their help over time and lauded their patriotism, prayers, and dedication to the state, noting that the peace, stability, and tranquillity being skilled in Oyo State had translated into all-around improvement and harmonious coexistence amongst residents.

“Let me use this event to induce our Muslim Ummah to all the time imbibe the spirit of humility, kindness, and forgiveness, and likewise abide by the doctrines and classes taught by the Holy Quran past the Ramadan interval,” he stated.

Makinde additionally appreciated residents of the state for supporting his administration, urging them to maintain the help till the top of his tenure.

Particular prayers had been later supplied for the governor, the success of his administration, and for peace and progress within the state and the nation.

The delegation included a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State and PDP Nationwide Secretary, Taofeek Arapaja; a member representing Ibadan North-West/South-West Federal Constituency, Dikrullahi Olajide; Secretary to the State Authorities, Musibau Babatunde; commissioners, chairmen of boards and parastatals; native authorities chairmen, and different prime authorities officers.

Equally, Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, urged Muslim devoted to make use of the event of Eid-el-Fitr to advertise love, unity, tolerance, and peaceable coexistence.

Diri made the decision on Friday whereas internet hosting members of the Muslim neighborhood within the state to a Ramadan lunch on the Authorities Home, Yenagoa, marking the top of the month-long quick.

Represented by his deputy, Dr Peter Akpe, the governor inspired Muslims to display love for God and humanity, practise forgiveness, and exhibit compassion and peaceable conduct, which he described as core teachings of Islam.

He additionally charged them to replicate on their roles in selling peace, noting that significant improvement can’t thrive within the absence of a peaceable atmosphere.

“On behalf of the governor, I thanks to your contributions to peaceable coexistence within the state. Nevertheless, we urge you to deepen your dedication to sensible peace-building.

“Bayelsa has been adjudged probably the most peaceable states within the nation, and we anticipate the Muslim neighborhood to maintain and strengthen this place by continued acts of affection and concord,” he stated.

Diri additional emphasised that peace stays a prerequisite for improvement, urging residents to foster unity inside and throughout non secular traces.

Responding to requests by the Muslim neighborhood, together with the supply of a state secretariat and an 18-seater bus, the governor assured that the federal government would contemplate them inside obtainable sources.

Additionally talking, the Particular Adviser to the Governor on Spiritual Issues, Rev. Godspower Asingba, described Ramadan as a major interval for religious renewal, noting that the state authorities had persistently supported the Muslim neighborhood with meals objects and monetary help throughout the fasting interval.

In his remarks, the Appearing Vice President-Basic of the Bayelsa State Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Yahaya Okee, expressed gratitude to God for the chance to finish the Ramadan quick, describing Eid-el-Fitr as a interval of religious progress, reconciliation, and thanksgiving.

He recommended the Diri administration for its help to the Muslim neighborhood, notably throughout festive intervals, and appealed to the federal government to rehabilitate the council’s secretariat within the state.