Nigerians especially muslim faithful have been urged to use the period of the holy month of Ramadan to pray for God’s guidance for President Bola Tinubu, state governors, ministers and other political leaders in the country.

The plea was made by Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa at the pre-Ramadan lecture organised by the Alhaji Mohammed Lawal Memorial Jummat Mosque, Asokoro Abuja.

Marwa said the month of Ramadan is unique in the Islamic calender when the holy quran was revealed, saying it is indeed a period that offers the opportunity for forgiveness, abundant blessings and reward for good deeds.

According to him, as such, muslim faithfuls should pray that Allah will see Nigerians through and make them witness more Ramadan.

While noting that the lecture has always been hosted by the mosque, Marwa who was father of the day at the pre-Ramadan lecture, specifically called on muslim faithful to take advantage of the holy month to pray for President Tinubu, state governors, ministers and other leaders saddled with the responsibility of leading the country at this critical time.

According to him, “What I’m saying is an injunction from the holy book that we should pray for our leaders. This holy month of Ramadan therefore provides us with an ample opportunity to prayer for all our leaders starting from President Tinubu, the governors, ministers and other leaders for God’s guidance in the onerous task of leading our nation at this critical time.

The NDLEA boss also urged parents to pay more attention to the upbringing of their children and providing them quality care that will prevent them from going into drug abuse.

He called for early intervention for those already experimenting or struggling with substance abuse to avoid their situation getting worse.

In his words, as part of his agencies efforts aimed at prevention, they launched a social advocacy campaign called war against drug abuse, WADA, to mobilise every citizen to take ownership of the fight and raise awareness about the dangers of illicit drugs and that has gained huge momentum across the country in barely three years after its launch.

He said besides treatment and counselling centres in thirty of the Commands nationwide, they have also established call centre with toll free helpline to provide psycho-social support for those who need help.

The NDLEA Chief commended the Chief Imam of the mosque, Alhaji Lukman Amobiojo and the organising committee for putting together the annual lecture.

This is contained in a statement made available by NDLEA Director Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi.