20th June, 2017
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has called for love and peaceful co-existence among the citizenry, during and after the Ramadan.
She made the call during the evening prayer and fast-breaking (Iftar) by Muslim faithful, at Lagos House, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Bolanle noted that Ramadan represented love, forgiveness, peaceful co-existence and the need to extend a helping hand to the less privileged in the society.
The governor’s wife noted that, the country needed love and peaceful co-existence to strengthen and surmount all challenges confronting it as a nation.
According to her, “For any country to thrive, she needs love and peaceful co-existence to strengthen the social bond, and overcome any challenge confronting it as a nation. It is only when we allow love to grow in our hearts irrespective of religion, language and tribe barrier that we can collectively as a nation surmount any challenge confronting us”.
Speaking further, Ambode noted that fasting during this period of Ramadan should not just consist of refraining from eating and drinking, but from every kind of selfish desire and wrong-doing.
“Fasting during this Ramadan period does not just consist of refraining from eating and drinking, but from every kind of selfish desire and wrong-doing. The fast is not merely of the body, but essentially that of the spirit as well,” she said.
The governor’s wife urged the gathering to develop and strengthen the powers of self control, attain nearness and closeness to God, so as to intensify the consciousness of God in people’s hearts, resulting in a higher spiritual experience and to continue to give to the less privileged, not at Ramadan alone but at all times.