In the spirit of celebrating this year’s Eid-el-Adha, the chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Otunba Adebayo Olasoju has felicitated with Muslim faithful in the council area.
In a Sallah message personally signed by the council boss, he reeled the joy of celebrating the festival with Muslim faithful for the first time as the council chairman recalling that last year’s celebrations was just two days to the election that gave him their mandate.
He called on the people to uphold the significance of the celebration which he said includes unification, high sense of charity, love, kindness that come with it as well as the willingness of people of other fates to embrace with the non-Muslims in the noble celebration.
“The foregoing notwithstanding, I wish to remind us of the significance of this season which is faithfulness as exhibited by Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.W.) on account of whose experience the festival started. It is expected that we inculcate and renew our faithfulness to Allah and ourselves in the spirit of the season. By so doing, we would remain obedient to Allah and cohabit peacefully with neighbors for the overall good of our nation.
“Let me appeal, as I usually do, that the celebration should be devoid of unlawful and untoward conduct that could mar the inherent socials and supposed celebratory gains. Lawfulness and diligence should never be compromised so that our dear LCDA and, on a larger scale, the state could remain the most habitable that it is. Needless to say that our patriotism and sense of civic responsibility as we head into the 2023 general elections are sacrosanct.
Olasoju went on to congratulate the latest pilgrims from across the world especially from Isolo LCDA for the success of their pilgrimage rites at the Holy Land as he prayed for their seamless return to their various destinations.
“May I, at this juncture, share in the joy of our brothers and sisters especially those from our council area who have graciously descended mount Arafat and completed this year’s Hajj rites. May their homecoming be divinely protected. I wish you all a very happy Sallah celebration,” the statement read.
