Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has urged Muslims in the country to ensure that they put the good lessons of Ramadan to use so that their obedience to the divine instruction to obey the Ramadan could be rewarded by God.Governor Mimiko also calls for more dedication to the Nigeria project by all and sundry "so that the labour of our heroes past and present shall not be in vain"
The Governor made the call in his Id-el fitri message issued in the State capital, Akure yesterday, urging the nation to take advantage of the just concluded holy month of Ramadan to usher in a new era into the country devoid of conflict, blood letting and every traces of evil"
He said "The long period of self restraint and self purification was a great spiritual exercise that should not be allowed to come and go in vain.
"We must allow for the impact of the just concluded spiritual exercise on our nation because we cannot afford to remain the same. The spiritual exercise should usher in the rebirth of Nigerians for a more
peaceful and enviable Nigeria nation"
While congratulating the Muslims for "another successful fasting period", Mimiko called on Nigerians as a whole irrespective of their religious leaning to imbibe the spirit of tolerance, love and good
neighborliness amongst themselves as enshrined in the Holy books.
