Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has said the lessons from Ramadan fasting should guide and shape the life of every Nigerian, especially in this trying moment in the life of the country.
Felicitating the Muslim faithful at Eid-el-Fitr, he said Nigerians must have learnt a lot of lessons, especially at this critical time in the nation’s history.
“Ramadan, I strongly believe, has again reminded us about the essence of forgiving others, ministering compassion to the less privileged, respect for human dignity, promoting peaceful co-existence and upholding propriety and piety in all facets of life, which we must all embrace irrespective of our ethnic and religious leanings.
“These lessons are not meant for the period of Ramadan fasting only. Also, they are indeed principles and values, which should always guide and shape the life of every Nigerian, the quest of all businesses and conglomerates, the timeless task of building our fatherland, as well as the decisions of the governments at all levels.
“Now that Ramadan has come to an end, these lessons should reflect in the way we support our governments to resolve the myriad of internal challenges that we face collectively as a federation. It should reflect in the way we intercede more for this federation to sustain the gains of economic stability and political cohesion that we have started experiencing in recent times.
“It should also reflect in our approaches to conducting businesses; running governments at all levels and discharging civic responsibilities on a daily basis,” he stated.
According to Opeyemi, sustaining our drive for economic stability, political cohesion and social inclusion demands outright adherence to the core essence of Eid-el-Fitr, which forbids the sabotage of government policies, profiteering, exploitation of our collective resources and the sponsoring of internal disharmony.
He said since the sustained implementation of macro-economic policies by the Tinubu government, stability had begun returning to economic and fiscal spaces.
“Besides, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has settled $7 billion valid foreign exchange backlogs. The Federal Government has paid back ₦4.83 trillion out of the ₦30 trillion ways and means it obtained from the CBN, and thee the flow of foreign direct investments is improving by the day.
“With these indices, the consumer price index, which measures inflation, will no doubt begin to drop significantly by mid-year as we sustain the drive for economic and fiscal stability.
“At the National Assembly, we are committed to providing much-needed parliamentary buffers that always support key public institutions to efficiently discharge their mandates consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,” Opeyemi said.
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