{"id":29506,"date":"2014-07-27T14:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29506"},"modified":"2014-07-27T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T13:01:47","slug":"deputy-speaker-urges-nigerians-pray-end-insurgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/deputy-speaker-urges-nigerians-pray-end-insurgency\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Speaker Urges Nigerians to Pray for End to Insurgency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mailview-right\" class=\"offset uibox\">\n<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha has congratulated Muslims across the country for a successful month long Ramadan fasting which according to him has delightfully ushered in Eid-il-Fitr celebrations<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He therefore urged our Muslims brothers and sisters to ensure that the Sallah celebration is held in an atmosphere of peace, harmony and unity to underpin the blessings of Ramadan fasting<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Deputy Speaker enjoined Nigerians particularly Muslims to use the opportunity offered by the Eid-il-Fitr ceremony to pray for the end of the \u00a0security challenge in the country and the peaceful and successful conduct of next year\u2019s general elections<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted: \u201cour nation is currently passing through difficult security challenge as evidenced in the spate of bomb blasts that have claimed the lives of many innocent Nigerians. A religious event of this nature is a good opportunity for Nigerians to pray for an end to this insurgency\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged Muslims to emulate Prophet Mohammed by imbibing the virtues of humility, love, \u00a0\u00a0kindness and tolerance with a note that these are desirable attributes towards making Nigeria a great nation<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Deputy Speaker who emphasized that the nation was on the path of greatness and quantum development leap, enjoined Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly in their onerous task of nation building.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Austin Uganwa,<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">SA on Media and Public Affairs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"message\" class=\"statusbar\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha has congratulated Muslims across the country for a successful month long Ramadan fasting which according to him has delightfully&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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