As Muslims celebrate, this year's Eid-el-Kabir, Nigerians have been urged to make use of the major lessons of "sacrifice and obedience" inherent in the festival to liberate the Nation by participating fully in the electoral processess.
This was contained in a congratulatory message by the former Commissioner for Information and leading Gubernatorial aspirant in the Ogun Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr Sina Kawonise, released by Acting Director of SK Media Office, Mr Doyin Owobamirin.
In the statement, Kawonise congratulated all Muslims for the opportunity to witness the festival, urging them to continue to embrace the culture of love, tolerance and peaceful co-existence.
Kawonise, who is also Publisher of NewsScroll newspaper, noted that God had blessed the Nation with every needed and useful resource, but disobedience to God and lack of love for the Nation have made us to neglect our responsibilities as patriotic citizens.
He said, nothing would change positively, if righteous people and those with the fear of God continue to complain only but refuse to rise up now and participate, by joining the SDP, which rightly belongs to the people.
Kawonise, who explained that sacrifice and obedience were needed to follow up the electoral processes, pointed out that, the love for a better Ogun State would come in, by voting credible people and not those who come to buy their conscience and destinies.
He noted that the people will be at the centre of his administration when elected, as "we will work together to implement robust economic policies and programmes that would make life better for all".
According to him "Nigerians are going through terrible hardship because most of the people at the helms of affairs bought their ways in".
"You only see them when they need votes, giving you pittance and donating gift items, but immediately they get into office, they need to recoup their money and the people would be made to suffer for four years till another four years when votes will be needed again".
This festival should thus make us reflect soberly and ginger us all to save ourselves and the incoming generations from bad leadership, dysfunctional society and life of poverty.
