The Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) has said the Eid-el-Fitr celebration offers Nigerians an opportunity to redeem the country by standing up for justice, and insisting on strict adherence to the rule of law and accountability in the polity.
The PDP stated this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, to felicitate the Muslim Ummah on the successful completion of Ramadan fasting.
It implored Nigerians to “allow the divine lessons, values of love, unity, peace, patience, tolerance, restraint and total submission to the Will of the Almighty Allah among other virtues imbibed during the period to guide their daily dealings with one another.”
The former national ruling party also charged Nigerians, especially those in leadership positions at different levels, to re-dedicate themselves “to the path of selfless service guided by love, truth, fairness, honesty and impartiality in all their activities and put away acts of corruption, arrogance, manipulation and insensitivity to the plight of the people.”
The PDP expressed dismay that while citizens of other countries are celebrating the Eid-el-Fitr in plenty, “Nigerians are dampened in spirit”, as a result of “unbearable hardship occasioned by the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration which has worsened in the last two years.”
“Our party, however, charges Nigerians not to relent but to continue to apply the lessons of Ramadan in recharging their resilience, focus and love for one another in the pursuit of a God-fearing, secure and prosperous nation that we once had under the PDP administration,” the statement stressed.
