He said agriculture would increase food production, create jobs, generate revenue, and improve living standards.
The chief imam said society expected more from women and they should not disappoint their communities.
Consider anyone who sends you far away from Allah as your enemy. Stick with righteous people and run away from criminals and evildoers,” he said.
The cleric advised preachers to intensify their preaching on patience and hope.
He specifically gave samples of where God healed the sick in the scriptures, irrespective of the causes and nature of their sickness.
The hardship being experienced now is temporary.
The military cleric said everyone must give love to neighbours, to the community, entire society and even to animals within our vicinity.
“Borrowing to fulfil this obligation is a way of imposing an unnecessary financial burden on oneself. Sallah is not an opportunity to show off affluence or materialism.”
Mr Obasa’s emergence as Speaker of the 10th Assembly on Tuesday, followed his unanimous election by the 40 members in the House.
People of Mariga town of Bariga local government area in Niger are searching for more than 500 buried corpses suspected to have been washed away by floods.
