All is set for Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, along with his wife, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, to celebrate Eid-il-Fitri with Muslims simultaneously in Lagos.
The celebration will hold at designated locations in each of the 20 Local Government Areas across the State.
At these venues, apart from the usual merriment associated with such festivals, celebrating Muslims will have the opportunity to pray for sustainability of peace and continuation of development for Lagos. Prayers will be offered for the first family.
A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs said the administration of Governor Ambode believes that prayer has been playing pivotal roles in the rapid development and tranquility in the state.
Before the last year Eid-El-Fitri celebration, religious festivals were usually held at the State House, a situation that excluded large segments of the people.
The centres for this year’s edition are Agege Local Government Maternity Centre, Agege, Aga Hausa, Ajegunle, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho Local Government Secretariat premises, Akowonjo, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Secretariat, Festac, United Christian Primary School, Apapa, Badagry Grammar School, Badagry, Marina Waterfront, Oju-Alaro, Epe, World Oil Filling Station, Ilasan junction, Eti –Osa, Iberekodo Primary School, Ibeju and Ifako-Ijaye Mini Stadium, Ifako.
Also are Opebi Primary School, Ikeja, Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu, Emmanuel High Primary High School, Ojota, Kosofe, Freeman Street, Lagos Island, Evans Square, Ebute Meta, Lagos Mainland, Nitel Playing Ground near Cappa, Mushin, Ojo Local Government Secretariat, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Secretariat, Oshodi, Angus Memorial High School, Morocco, Somolu and Surulere Local Government Secretariat premises, Surulere.
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