Prayer for the president - Muhammadu Buhari

The Zamfara Government said on Tuesday it
had assembled 500 reciters of the Holy Qur’an
to offer special prayers for the well-being of
President Muhammadu Buhari and the country.
Alhaji Lawal Liman, the state’s
Commissioner for Rural and Community
Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Gusau that the Islamic scholars
were drawn from the 14 local government
areas of the state.
According to Liman, the reciters were brought
together as part of activities lined up for the
2017 Democracy Day celebration in the state.
The commissioner said “all hands must be
joined in prayers for the betterment of our
nation."
“If the President, as the leader of Nigeria, is
not well, then it becomes the concern of all
Nigerians to know that his recovery is highly
important to us as a people and as a
nation."
“We have organised different prayer sessions
throughout the state and we believe as
Hafeez (memorizers of the Holy Qur’an) their
prayers will be of immense benefit for our
state, its leaders and people and the nation,
especially the President, who is now on
medical treatment in London.’’
He said the 500 Qur’an reciters who were
hosted at the Gusau Central Mosque, recited
the Holy Qur’an 100 times from Sunday night
to Monday morning.
“Special prayers were also offered for God to
continue to give him the wisdom he needs to
take this nation to greater heights,’’ he
added.
NAN reports that activities to mark this
year’s Democracy Day include the opening of
Juma’at mosques in different parts of the
state where prayers were offered for the
nation and its leaders.
The events were set in motion early in May to
allow people of the state to concentrate on
preparations for the forthcoming Ramadan.