As Muslims across the globe commence the Ramadan fast, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has urged well-to-do Muslims in the state to complement the effort of the Sokoto State government by establishing Ramadan feeding centres in their respective areas.
This year’s Ramadan is 1446 in the Islamic calendar.
In his Ramadan message to the people of the state, Governor Aliyu said the call becomes imperative so that the needy and other vulnerable groups could have additional places to break their fast.
“By doing so, the people living far away from the government’s established feeding centres can also have places to eat during iftar,” he said.
The governor added that his administration has increased the feeding centres from 135 to 155 to cover more areas within the metropolis.
“We have come to realise that the already established feeding centres were being overstretched hence the decision to create additional ones,” he explained.
Governor Aliyu also called on the Muslims to use the fasting period to pray for continued peaceful coexistence in the country.
He further reminded the Islamic clerics conducting Tafseer not to forget to use the tafseer session to pray for the present administration to succeed in its quest to transform Sokoto State.
According to him, the transformation taking place in Sokoto State is visible to the efforts of everyone and vowed to sustain the gesture.
He commended the people of the state for their continued support to his administration and called for its sustenance.
Governor Aliyu also prayed to God to accept all forms of ibadat to be performed in this year’s Ramadan period, and wished the Muslim Ummah a hitch-free Ramadan fast.
