Ramadan: President Jonathan greets Nigerian Muslims as they begin this year’s fast

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 Against the background of security challenges in the country, President Jonathan has urged all Nigerian Muslims to offer special prayers for greater peace and security in the nation as Ramadan begins today.
The President also seized the opportunity of the commencement of the Ramadan fast to further reassure the entire nation that the Federal Government will continue to work tirelessly to curb insurgency, terrorism and other criminal acts which have caused insecurity in parts of the country.
  In a signed statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, Jonathan urged Nigerians not to succumb to despair, but to remain steadfast in the firm conviction that with courage, determination, focus, decisiveness and collective support for the Armed Forces  and security agencies, the country will ultimately overcome the evil agents of sectionalism, sectarianism and international terrorists who seek to disunite the nation.


  According to Abati, President Jonathan also called on Nigerian Muslims to rededicate themselves in fuller measure to the virtues of piety, self-discipline, tolerance, equity, honesty, fairness and sympathy for the less privileged which the Holy month promotes.
  "The President joins all people of faith in praying that God Almighty will grant Nigeria greater peace, security, unity and national harmony.
He wishes the Muslim community a rewarding and spiritually gratifying Ramadan fast."