The National Chairman of the new Peoples Democratic
Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has
requested all members of PDP worldwide to embark on
seven days fasting and prayers commencing from
Monday, 16th of September, 2013.
The call for fasting and prayer was contained in a news
release signed by the new PDP spokesperson,
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka. According the release, “this
spiritual intervention is as a result of the concern of the
Baraje-led PDP for the plight of parents and our
children due to the continued closure of public
universities following the strike by ASUU to protest the
Federal Government’s failure to keep the agreement it
signed with the Union in 2009”.
The complete text of the statement reads: “Muslims all
over the nation and abroad who are PDP members should
close their fast by this Friday, 20th of September, 2013,
at their places of worship while the Christians should end
theirs on Sunday, 22nd September, 2013 at their places
of worship.
It has become imperative to seek the face of God over
this matter considering that all efforts to resolve this
unwarranted strike have failed woefully and considering
the socio-economic damage this strike has caused both
parents and our children.
We are confident that our resolve to go to God will
succeed as the importance of fasting and prayers cannot
be over emphasized. To say the least, we are shocked that
the government inflicting this monumental hardship on
Nigerians is a PDP Government popularly elected by
majority of Nigerians and run by a President who was
once a University Lecturer. In this regard, we wish to
plead with Nigerians for forgiveness on behalf of the PDP
Government at the centre, which could have avoided this
costly strike. We wish to assure all Nigerians that as a
party we will surely find a way to end this shameful
situation.
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