ABUJA, Nigeria: The Christian Association of Nigeria urged the nation’s leaders to demonstrate sacrifice through honesty, service, and compassion during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
Okay News reports that the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, released a statement congratulating Muslims worldwide while outlining the economic hardship, insecurity, and uncertainty currently facing citizens across the country.
The religious body detailed the specific challenges affecting the public. “Today, many Nigerians no longer measure hardship in statistics but in skipped meals, unpaid school fees, shuttered businesses and sleepless nights. Families are struggling to survive rising living costs. Farmers are abandoning their lands out of fear. Small businesses are collapsing under economic pressure. Young people are increasingly uncertain about their future, while insecurity continues to cast a shadow over many communities,” Okoh said.
The association stated that the meaning of the holiday should inspire government and business leaders to ease the burden on citizens. “At a moment like this, the deeper meaning of Eid-el-Kabir becomes even more important. Sacrifice must not remain a burden carried only by ordinary citizens. Leadership must also reflect sacrifice through honesty, restraint, service, compassion and visible commitment to the well-being of the people,” the statement read.
Okoh cautioned against allowing economic difficulties to fuel ethnic or regional divisions within the nation. “Hunger does not ask for tribe or religion. Poverty does not discriminate. Insecurity threatens everyone. In times like these, division only deepens the nation’s wounds,” he said.
The statement concluded with a call for wealthy individuals and corporate entities to assist vulnerable populations. “As Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, we encourage privileged Nigerians, corporate organisations and public-spirited individuals to remember the poor, widows, orphans, displaced persons and struggling families around them. The spirit of sacrifice becomes truly meaningful when it helps restore dignity and hope to others,” Okoh said.
