APC appeals to Muslims to be calm as Ramadan approaches despite non-payment of salaries

oge okonkwo

June 17, 2015 12:31 PM

According to APC, Nigeria is going through a financial tragedy which was avoidable, but had befallen the country owing to what the party described as fundamentally due to human selfishness and careless, including gross mismanagement of the country’s financial resources

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has made an appeal to the people of Osun State to exercise maximum patience, perseverance and understanding despite non-payment of salaries as Muslims enter into the holy month of Ramadan.

The political party said this in a statement issued by the state's director, research and strategy, Kunle Oyatomi in Osogbo on Tuesday, June 17.

Vanguard reports that according to APC, Nigeria is going through a financial tragedy which was avoidable, but had befallen the country owing to what the party described as fundamentally due to human selfishness and careless, including gross mismanagement of the country’s financial resources.

His words: “In times like this, when we face a collective challenge approaching the Ramadan our faith must not waver, our restraint must not snap and our perseverance should hold firm so that we can triumph over this tragedy within the fasting period.”

“We give assurances to government workers and the people who depend on government that this crisis of non-payment of salaries and other entitlements will very soon be resolved.”

“These cynical people, are empty and incapable of even suggesting a solution; but are out there only to sow discord and prey on others’ misfortune to gloat in mockery.

“But as Ramadan approaches, our spiritual self-restraint should take control of our emotional and financial strains; and Osun should demonstrate that their religious faith is solid and capable of withstanding what we are going through.

“It is only through this unflinching demonstration of active faith that Allah will grant us relief and victory over our problems,” the party encouraged the people of Osun.

The APC reinstated that governor Rauf Aregbesola was working so hard and relentlessly to end this crisis, and, “sooner than later, the non-payment of salaries will be a thing of the past’’.

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