Buhari Wishes Muslims The Best as they Commence Ramadan Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

President Muhammadu Buhari has commemorated with Muslims in the country and all over the world as they commence this year’s 30-day Ramadan fast, following the sighting of the moon.

Buhari in a letter by his special aide, Mr Garba Shehu, described Ramadan 2020 as a challenge as it falls in the period of the global pandemic, which over 200 nations in the world are battling with, and virtually all countries advising citizens to avoid large gatherings and have their prayers and meals (suhoor and iftar) individually or with family at home.

The President in his letter said “I congratulate all Muslims as they commence this year’s Ramadan fast which is depicted by self-denial, universal brotherhood, austerity and helping relatives and needy people,”

“In this Ramadan period, the kind of socializing you are used to now risks spreading the Coronavirus,” the President cautions Muslims, while enjoining them to refrain from those Ramadan rituals and traditions such as group meals and congregational prayers that have been put on hold by Muslim religious authorities all over the world.

President Buhari further urged Muslims to endure and not to use the Coronavirus as an excuse to evade the Ramadan fast, unless such abstention is warranted by the excuses clearly outlined by health and religious authorities.

He wished Muslims in the country and the world over all the blessings of the holy month.