As Muslims all over marks Id El Kabir
The Chairman Arewa Traditional Council, Delta State,has called on the Muslim Communities to maintain peace as they enjoy the two day public holiday.
ALHAJI IBRAHIM BABA GERO who is also the Sarikin in Hausa Community stated this in an interview in Asaba the Delta State Capital.
The Sarikin , who was represented by Secretary General Arewa Traditional Council Delta State Gambo Adam Muhammad, said it was a period of thanksgiving by Muslim faithfuls using Ram, cow, goat or camel instead of humans.
He said this was inline with the biblical story of Abraham wanting to use Isaac for sacrifice before God presented him with a ram.
The respondent,complained that in his 20 years of the celebration of Id el Kabir it was only this year he could not sacrifice ram as a result of the economic hardship in the country.
According to him the prices of Ram ranges from 350 to 400 hundred thousand Nigerian Naira in the south and in the Northern part of the country is about 150 to 200 hundred thousand Nigerian Naira.
He therefore called on government at all levels to make policies that will restructure and revamp the economic status of Nigeria.
