This Day
17 Feb 2011
As the take-off of the nationwide presidential campaign of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) draws nearer, his party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has declared one week of intensive fasting and prayers towards achieving a successful campaign exercise.
In Abuja, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), launched his campaign with a colloquium, challenging Nigerians, especially youths, to use the general election as a good opportunity to make changes in the country and liberate themselves from the slavery arising from the "misrule" of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The one week of prayers and fasting declared by the CPC, which started on Monday, February 14, 2011, will be rounded off with prayers in mosques on Friday and churches on Sunday.
A statement by Buhari's spokesperson Wednesday, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said: "The high points of the prayers include thanking God for the mercies He has shown to Buhari and his associates all these years of political battles and the successful transformation of a political movement into a party.
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