Presidential Research & Communications Unit

My Dear Countrymen and Women,

I greet and rejoice with you all on the happy occasion of this year’s Eid-El-Fitr celebrations.

I especially congratulate all adherents of the Islamic faith in our midst who have successfully completed the Ramadan Fast.

As this year’s Eid-El-Fitr celebrations fortuitously precede the 48th anniversary of our coming into being as an independent, self-governing nation, let us all seize the opportunity of the joint holidays to reflect on our spiritual life as individuals and how we can contribute more meaningfully towards making Nigeria the great nation envisioned by its founding fathers.

I would like on this happy occasion to reaffirm my personal commitment to giving our beloved nation the able leadership it requires to successfully overcome present challenges and move forward at greater speed towards the attainment of our collective aspirations as a people.

With Almighty Allah guiding us, we are already taking steps to restructure and strengthen the machinery of government so as to achieve greater results in the implementation of our seven-point agenda.

This process of revitalizing and repositioning our Administration for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery will be carried forward in the coming days to ensure that more positive developments occur rapidly in critical sectors of our national life.

I pray that Almighty Allah will reward our pious observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan with even greater blessings for our dear nation.

Happy celebrations.

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
President,
Commander-In-Chief
September 29, 2008