By Francis Nansak, Lafia
The second class staff of office and Jakanaje of Uke Dr Ahmed Abdullahi Hassan has joined Millions of Muslim Ummah across the country to felicitate with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor of Nasarawa State , Engineer Abdullahi Sule on the occasion of the Eid El Kabir.
The monarch who was joined by the immediate past minister of environment who is also the magajin Gari of Uke chiefdom,Barrister Mohammad Abdullahi Hassan performed the Eid prayers in the Uke prayer ground led by the Chief Imam, Alhaji Aliyu Usman on Sunday.
Addressing his subjects after the Eid prayers in his palace the monarch expressed profound gratitude to Almighty Allah for Live, provisions and guidance, saying the uniqueness of Eid El Kabir each year is on the fact that God enables his people to witness and celebrate in good health .
He called on the people of Uke Kingdom to always ensure that they abide by the laws of the land ,adding that they should always have it in their mind that Uke community is not as it was but is now a town that has daily influx of people from all parts of the country who are settled for one business or the other.
” It is on this note that I want to urged you all to be lovers of peace and Marchants of unity.
” Let me called on those who have formed the habit of causing unrest in the city, especially our youths who are known for burning of tyres and touring round towns with fire works and knocked out to desist henceforth,gone are days where such will be tolerated.
” We shall henceforth subject any one caught in the act to the appropriate security for prosecution.At this juncture I am appealing to both farmers and herders never to breach the law,No herder should allowed his cattles to graze on the farms and same goes to the farmers do not take the law into your hands in the event that you finds cattle on your farm land ,do help us by reporting such incident to the security for appropriate action to be taken” He warned.
In a separate interview , the immediate past minister of Environment Barrister Mohammad Abdullahi Hassan thanked the Almighty Allah for spearing the lives of all Nigerians who are alive to witness this year Sallah Celebration and congratulated the president of Nigeria ,president Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Governor Abdullahi Sule for leading the country and the state in the best of their abilities for national development.
” Lete first of all thank Almighty Allah for spearing our live up to this day to witness this year’s sallah.If you recalled last year Eid El Kabir event a lot of people were alive ,but today they are no more, it by His grace that we re alive today,so we owe very deep gratitude to God for spearing our lives.
” So my message to all Nigerians today is to believe in the country and believe in the leadership of the country with hope that the future is going to be bright.
” Yes we are passing through very difficult times today in terms of cost of living and the rest,but with perseverance and support to our leadership at all levels from the local ,state and the federal government,it is possible we are going to overcome.
” I am passing this as a message of hope ,a message of resilience and support to our leadership in order for us to come out of whatever challenges we are face with today” Barrister Mohammed posited.
Earlier ,the Karshi Development Area Overseer , Honourable Ibrahim Arafat, delivered a good will message from the governor to the royal father of Yakanaje Kingdom Uke, he said the governor sent his felicitation to the entire people of Uke for conducting themselves in a very orderly manner ,assuring that he(governor) has not forgotten the people of Uke community and that he will in no distance time do what is expected of him to the people of Uke.
Honourable, Ibrahim Arafat appreciated the royal father for his commitment to tye development of the area as well as his proactive leadership which has helped in stabilizing the recent uprised at Roguwa.
” I want us to note that our environment has today become a rich mining place where activities of mining has become so high , especially that what was found in our land is Gold amongst other previous mineral, so I am appealing to us all to take advantage in this development so that we can ripe the benefits against any act that will bring us back” He said.
The Sallah event in Yakanaje Kingdom was climax with the turbaning of some son of the community.