By Tajudeen Adebanjo
Some Imams in Lagos have cautioned Nigerians to adhere strictly to the Coronavirus precautions.
They said this could flatten the curve of ravaging COVID-19.
The clerics spoke at the Iftar (breaking of fast) organised the Itire/Ikate Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
The Chief Imam of Ikeoluwa Mosque Ikate, Imam Ibrahim Adeyemi, advocated continuous education of Nigerians on the need to observe all the safety precautions against the virus.
He thanked the council chairman for hosting the Iftar session.
“We are indeed grateful to the chairman for his gifts to us during this Ramadan time and we call on the government to continue to remember its citizens due to the lockdown,” he said.
No fewer than 3,500 bags of food items were distributed to the clerics and faithful as well as residents to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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The foodstuff include tubers of yam, eggs, rice, beans, sugar, spaghetti, as the beneficiaries observed social distancing directive while collecting the palliatives.
Imam Ibrahim Tijani from Sanusi Awadjud Mosque reminded the participants to observe the safety measures.
This, he said, would contain the virus.
Alhaji Tiamiyu Omokanoye from Ijeshatedo Muslim Community, urged Muslims to follow the government’s directives.
“We preach to our members to strictly adhere to the words of the government just as it is said in the Holy Quran by the Prophet,” he said.
Chairman of the Council, Dr Ahmed Apatira, said the gesture would ease the beneficiaries’ sufferings during the Ramadan period.
Ramadan, Apatira said, was a month of mercy especially to the less privileged.
Apatira urged Nigerians to pray to God to end the COVID-19.
He enjoined them to obey the government’s directives to prevent the spread of the virus.
He promised to implement programmes that would benefit the people.
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