Emir of Katsina leads prayer for rainfall amidst food crisis

In a bid to address the severe food crisis and insecurity plaguing Katsina State, the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, led a large gathering of residents in a rain-seeking prayer session on Tuesday.

The event, held at the Eid Prayer Ground Mosque, was led by the Chief Imam of the Katsina Central Mosque, Imam Gambo Mustapha.

Participants urged residents to intensify their prayers to ensure a bumper harvest, ease economic hardship, decrease food prices, and resolve the state’s insecurity challenges.

One of the participants, Abdurrahman Bature, who spoke with Channels Television emphasized the urgent need for rainfall to save crops and cautioned residents to fear Allah and lead virtuous lives.

He also urged leaders to govern with sincerity, noting that the state’s troubles, including the shortage of rainfall and incessant killings, are linked to the people’s bad deeds.

Bature said, “Even these unnecessary killings of innocent citizens can be responsible for rainfall shortage including our bad characters.”

The prayer session comes as Nigeria grapples with a rising cost of living and food inflation, which has soared to 40 per cent.

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