Nosa Aituamen
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, has called on Nigerians to continue praying for the development of the aviation sector and promote unity and peaceful co-existence in the country.
She made the call during an Iftar dinner at the FAAN corporate headquarters in Lagos, where she hosted over 300 Muslim men and women from the airport community and surrounding areas.
In her remarks, Mrs Kuku emphasized the importance of good morals and values in personal and public life, citing her own upbringing in a Muslim family as an example.
She also reiterated the significance of Ramadan, a month of prayer, fasting, and charity, and encouraged everyone to use the occasion to reflect on their journey and extend gestures of kindness to others.
“I want you to take everybody as one, look back on your journey and use this time to think about how you can hold and take people with you on your journey going forward.”
“I pray that the Lord and the Almighty Allah answer all of our prayers. I pray that the Almighty Allah looks down upon us. I pray that the Almighty Allah heals us. And I pray that the way that we leave during this holy month is how we continue to live, going forward.”
The FAAN MD also expressed gratitude to the Muslim community for their prayers and supplications, which she believed had contributed to the growth and development of the airport sector.
She urged everyone to take a cue from the holy month of Ramadan and strive to live in harmony with one another.
The event was attended by top officials of FAAN, including the Director of Airport Operations, Captain Abdullahi Mahmood, who praised the MD for her initiative in extending a hand of fellowship to the Muslim community.
You know this month is the holy month of Ramadan, it is a month of prayers, a month of giving, a month of extending gestures to all families, irrespective of whether somebody is a Muslim or Christian or whatever. Once you have your neighbors, your families, your friends, your coworkers, this is the time for supplication, time for sending gifts.
“The MD considered it of great significance to call on the Muslim community that are literally under her, and even the Muslim community that are within the neighborhood of FAAN, to come and sit down and have Iftar dinner with her.”