Eid-el-Fitr: Imbibe spirit of equality, justice, peace, fair-play – NLC urges Muslims

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged Muslims to imbibe the spirit of equality, justice, peace and fair play, as they celebrate the 2023 Eid-el-Fitr.

The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, made the appeal in a statement he titled: “Happy EId-El Fitri: May We Experience Freedom This Season”, and issued to newsmen on Friday.

“We enjoin all Muslims to imbibe the spirit of this season and the virtues espoused by the great Prophet, to build the nation of our dreams where there will be equality, justice, peace and fair play.

“As the Ramadan comes to an end and the moon is seen with all its excitement and anxieties heralding such occasions, congress felicitates with all Nigerians and especially workers,” he said.

According to him, workers have borne the brunt of the continuous and unrelenting consequences of heartless and visionless governance in the country.

He added that suffering, hunger and disease may have increased exponentially in the midst of the opulent lifestyles of those who had captured the levers of power and their refusal to heed simple and clear-headed advice to salvage the nation.

‘” The essence of this holy period strengthens all of us and gives us hope of a better future not anchored on our leaders, but on the supreme and divine powers of the Almighty God.

“It is our responsibility as a people especially as faithful, who sit on the high moral ground to allow the expression of those same ideals enshrined in the holy book, to not only drive our personal lives but to also propel our search for freedom for all peoples of Nigeria,” he urged.

According to him, as the moon rises, may the people’s freedom rise from the clutches of those that have held the nation down.

He also prayed that as the moon is seen, may the country’s light as a nation, be seen and may the citizens then begin to march on the path to greatness.

Ajaero however lamented that these may not possibly manifest too soon until the citizens use the power given to them by the Almighty Allah in this season, to do the needful, in a bid to enthrone liberty, honesty and integrity upon the land.

“There is hope, but it s only when we take action, that our collective freedom is possible. It is only when we stand and work together, refusing to be divided by the preaching and pleadings to various primordial ties and vacuous sentiments.

“Let us stand together in 2023. Let us pursue our liberty, it is possible. May the moon bring freedom to our nation,’’ he prayed.