The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, have embarked on special fasting and prayers in supplications to the Almighty on Monday, February 24, 2020,
In a statement issued over the weekend, the ministry said the action is in solidarity with the People of Borno State in order yo see an end to the killings through spiritual means.
The Minister urged all staff of the Ministry to voluntarily fast today Monday and pray for a quick end to the carnage caused in Borno State and other parts of the North East by Boko Haram insurgents.
The statement which was signed by Mrs. Rhoda Iliya Director of Information in the ministry reads: “The fasting and prayer to God to end the insurgency and restore peace and security in Borno State and the North East has been accepted enthusiastically by the staff of the Ministry.”
“It can be recalled that the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum had in a recent broadcast urged the people of Borno state to fast tomorrow and and offer special supplications to God for an end to the destructive insurgency by Boko Haram in the North East.”
She further said in the statement that “The governor, after acknowledging ongoing efforts of the military, and the mass mobilization of recruitment, thousands of volunteers in the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes, said his call for prayers was a necessary decision which was based on popular demand from the people of Borno state.”
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