Lagos State
Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday joined Muslim faithfuls at a special
thanksgiving Jumat and Ramadan prayers, where he called on them to adhere
strictly to the lessons that the period teaches and move closer to Almighty
Allah.
The Governor
added that all Muslims should adhere to the dictates of Islam and embrace
peaceful co-existence for a better society.
“It is only in a
peaceful atmosphere that all plans and programmes of his administration can be
actualized”, the Governor said in a statement signed by his Chief Press
Secretary, Habib Aruna.
He implored
Muslim clerics to continue to pray for his administration so as to achieve the
set goals for the State.
Earlier in his
remarks, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I, assured Governor Ambode that
all residents will support his administration and continue to pray for him to
achieve all his developmental agenda for the State.
Oba Akiolu urged
all residents to pay their taxes regularly to enable the present administration
provide all the necessary infrastructural amenities for the citizenry,
while suing for patience from residents for the Ambode administration.
Among those who graced the occasion were the Secretary to the
State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, Lagos State Head of Service, Mrs. Folashade
Jaji, Permanent Secretary, Public Service Office, Mr. Lekan Akodu, Chief Imam
of Lagos, Alhaji Akinola Garba Ibrahim other Islamic clerics.
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