Our reporter/ The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has urged President Bola Tinubu and other politicians to increase their good works and minimise their evil deeds during Ramadan.
Abbas, who sat at the same table with Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made this call while speaking at the Ramadan fast iftar the President hosted in the Villa for House of Representatives members on Wednesday.
“Your excellency, this is one moment I want to urge us all to double in our effort to make life of Nigerians easier,” Abbas said. “This is the month that God has said for every good deeds you do, he will double it. Likewise for everything bad you do, he’ll double it for you.
“So I want to urge us to increase our good deeds and to use this month to minimise our bad deeds. If we can eliminate them, all the better. If we can’t, let us minimise as much as possible,” he added.
Breaking the fast during Ramadan is a tradition at the Aso Rock Villa, the residence of the Nigerian presidents since 1999.
The occasion started with the Magrib prayer led by the chief imam of the Villa, Abdulwahid Suleiman.
The president thereafter leads the guests for the banquet, which normally lasts for an hour before the night prayer of Isha.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Adult Muslims fast from dawn to dusk for 29 or 30 days.
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