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A cleric, Sheikh Jamiu Ajadi Sanusi, has said political office holders owe it a duty to use their positions to serve the people and make life better for all Nigerians.
He made the call in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State, at the Ramadan lecture organised by a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Shina Peller.
Sheikh Sanusi, who challenged Nigerians to come together and be faithful to the country, maintained that every Nigerian needs to change his or her attitude towards the country and must put God first in what they do.“In the spirit of Ramadan, I want to enjoin all our leaders to have the love of the people at heart, this is because they are holding their positions in trust for the people whom they must do all to make their lives better.
“For me all hands must be on deck for us all to help each other, to share the goodness, faithfulness, love and truthfulness, if we can share all these within ourselves, hopefully everything will be fine for all of us either you are a Muslim or Christian.”
Peller, who represented Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola Federal Constituency, between 2019 and 2023, in his remarks at the event, called on Muslim faithful to positively impact people in their localities during and after the Ramadan fasting, urging them to continue to worship God and always seek His grace in uniting the nation.
“What we are doing here today is part of our responsibility because Ramadan is a time of maintenance of body and soul and if you understand impact; impact is making sure that people around you are well taken care of and that is what we are doing here today because we will be judge according to our actions and according to what we say and that is why it is important for us to listen to the word of Allah during Ramadan period and from what we heard, we can impact ourselves and also to make sure we share foods and give to the needy.
“Three things are important in the life of a human being, food, shelter and clothing and most important one is food and that is why in Ramanan you see the rich and the poor sit down together and reflect and break fast together.
“Apart from today’s lecture, over 1,000 people benefitted from our feeding programme to make sure that everybody eats well and at the end of the day, they will understand that we are all connected together on the basis of being called brother and sisters in Islam”, he said.
The Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba Sefiu Olawale Oyebola, charged the indigenes and residents of the ancient town to continue to promote unity and peace of the community, Oyo State and Nigeria as a whole.
