Lent is characterised by fasting, abstinence and giving of alms.
The businessman was abducted from his residence in Ezinifite village, Okpuno, Awka, on July 27.
“We should stop being brainwashed with the thoughts that God will do the things we can do ourselves, ” he said.
Residents are resorting to paying for purchases through the use of point of sale machines or mobile transfer.
It came as commentary intensified for Nigerian youths involved in Internet fraud, money rituals and other criminal acts to be ostracised by the larger society.
The suspects were arrested following Wednesday’s shoot-out at Tempsite, Okpuno, Awka.
