The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Managing Director, Olubunmi Kuku has called on muslim community at the country’s airports and Nigerians to continue to pray for the development of the sector, promote unity and peaceful co-existence in order to build a peaceful airport environment and the nation at large.
Kuku stated this when she hosted muslim ummahs at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Thursday and those from surrounding airport communities for an Iftar dinner at the FAAN corporate headquarters where she urged Muslims to be model of good morals in their dealings both in private and public life.
The historic event drew over 300 muslim men and women who broke their fast with the FAAN MD and thereafter observed the Maghrib prayer and thereafter engaged Kuku in private discussions.
Speaking, the FAAN helmsman said the country is blessed with God fearing populations in it different religious bodies adding that the fear of God among the citizens has ensured the country make giant progress in all sphere.
She recalled that having been raised in a muslim home under her grandmother, she appreciated the critical role a good religious upbringing help shaping the growth and development of individuals and the country.
Speaking on the significance of the occasion, FAAN Director of Airport Operations, Captain Abdullahi Zubeir Mahmood, said the MD was passionate about extending her hand of fellowship to the various religious bodies in the airports community and had chosen to have the Iftar dinner with the muslim faithfuls.
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