{"id":1665,"date":"2026-03-20T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:54:05","slug":"eid-el-fitr-yobe-deputy-governor-urges-nigerians-to-sustain-ramadan-virtues-for-national-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/2026\/03\/20\/eid-el-fitr-yobe-deputy-governor-urges-nigerians-to-sustain-ramadan-virtues-for-national-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Eid-el-Fitr: Yobe Deputy Governor urges Nigerians to sustain Ramadan virtues for national unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Eid-el-Fitr: Yobe Deputy Governor urges Nigerians to sustain Ramadan virtues for national unity<br><br>Story by <strong>Sa&#8217;adatu MAINA<\/strong>, Damaturu<br><br>Yobe State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Idi Barde Gubana, has called on Nigerians to extend the virtues of love, sacrifice, and tolerance beyond the holy month of Ramadan to foster national unity and development.<br><br>He made the appeal on Friday shortly after joining the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Yobe Mosque and Islamic Centre in Damaturu, marking the end of the 30-day fasting period.<br><br>Representing Governor Mai Mala Buni, the Deputy Governor performed the two-raka&#8217;at prayer alongside top government officials and worshippers.<br><br>Delivering the Eid sermon, the Chief Imam, Sheikh Hudu Mohammad Yusuf, urged the faithful to remain steadfast in piety and charity, emphasising that Ramadan\u2019s essence lies in moral uprightness and peaceful coexistence.<br><br>In his remarks, Alhaji Gubana congratulated the Muslim Ummah and encouraged them to sustain the lessons of self-discipline. <br><br>He described fasting as a pillar of Islam that fosters Taqwa (God-consciousness) and highlighted Sadaqat al-Fitr as a means of atonement and mercy.<br><br>Turning to national affairs, he called for continued prayers for the nation\u2019s leaders including the President and the Governor and appealed to citizens to embrace Nigeria\u2019s ethnic and religious diversity as a unifying force for enduring peace and stability.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eid-el-Fitr: Yobe Deputy Governor urges Nigerians to sustain Ramadan virtues for national unity Story by Sa&#8217;adatu MAINA, Damaturu Yobe State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Idi Barde Gubana, has called on Nigerians to extend the virtues of love, sacrifice, and tolerance beyond the holy month of Ramadan to foster national unity and development. He made the appeal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140,150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrations","category-north-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1667,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/1667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}