@ EID EL FITRI: OKALA,KOGI AUDITOR GENERAL GREETS GOV.ODODO, ADVOCATES SACRIFICE, LOVE, FORGIVENESS, UNITY.
As Muslim faithful across the globe celebrate yet, another Eid- el-Fitri which marks the end of the Ramadan Fast, Alh Yakubu Yusuf Okala, Kogi State Auditor General, has felicitated with the State Executive Governor,Alh Ahmed Usman Ododo and entire Ummah for the successfully completing a whole month fasting period.
Okala in a message of felicitations in Lokoja,the State capital, commended Ummah for observing all the rites associated with the fasting noting that Allah[SWA] would reward their perseverances , tolerance, inconveniences and self deprivation in the cause of obeying Allah’s commands.
He admonished Ummah and non Muslems alike in the spirit of the season to use the occasion of the Eid el Fitri celebration to pray for the Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to enable his administration entrenched democracy by providing good leadership to the state and its citizens.
Okala also urged the people to come together and use the advantage of their diversity to build a united and strong state that will be the pride to the world asserting that the occasion should be use to pray for the unity of the state , mutual love,and peaceful living.
“Okala enjoins the celebrants to extend love,forgive one another, promote good brotherhood and imbibe the virtues of Holy Prophet Muhammed [SAW] such as FORGIVENESS, Almsgiving to the poor, peaceful co-existence and sacrifice which are the hallmarks for the celebration”.