A large congregation of Muslim faithful gathered the central mosque on Lagos Island to observe the Eid prayer session.
Amongst them was the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, who used the occasion to wish all Muslims a blessed celebration and all Nigerians peace.
The Governor spoke on the need for peaceful co-existence in the country and also expressed gratitude to God for seeing the country through all the challenges of the recent past.
The Governor, who spoke with newsmen after the prayers at the Lagos Central Mosque, Nnamdi Azikiwe Street, Lagos, said that whatever Nigerians want for themselves lie in their hands to achieve.
“I am sure that all will be well and it must be well only because we want it to be well. If it is well within us, it will be well around us and it will be well in our nation. In the last one year, everyday has been a season of countless blessings in spite of unwanted developments.
“As long as one is alive, you must remain grateful for many things, peace, health, well being and so long as there is hope, yesterday’s challenges can become history about how we turned things around. Those things should never overcome us”, he added.
Governor Fashola added that being alive means that there is a possibility to learn from the past to improve upon the future.
“We must be builders in our actions, and in our thoughts and in our general disposition and therefore, tomorrow, we can build from today.”
Prominent among those who observed the Sallah prayers alongside the Governor were the Baba Adinni of Lagos, Sheikh Abou Afeez and some members of the State Executive Council including the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Lanre Babalola and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Ibirogba.
