BY NDAHI MARAMA
MAIDUGURI—Governor Kashim Shettima of Bornu State, has called on Muslims to use the holy month of Ramadan to pray for God to touch the hearts of the nation’s leaders at all levels to be committed to providing the basic needs of the citizens.
The governor named these needs to include security of lives and property, sound education, excellent healthcare, potable water, decent jobs among others.
The Governor who made the call in a Ramadhan message, said what was needed at different levels of the leadership was strong passion to better the lives of citizens, noting that with good leadership, most of Nigeria’s problems would be solved.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Communication, Isa Gusau, Shettima said: “As citizens, we no doubt have the individual, group and institutional rights to make criticisms when we see things going wrong at any level of governance but I believe we also have an obligation to pray for our leaders at the local government, state and federal levelst to either develop the passion where there is none or to sustain the passion where there is.
Prayer will help bring about positive changes in the areas they administer, because criticisms alone cannot solve our problems.”
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