ICYMI: Sultan Declares New Date For Eid-El-Fitr As Moon Can’t Be Sighted(Check Date Here)

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Monday as the first day of Shawwal following the inability of the National Moon Sighting Committee to sight this year’s Shawwal moon.

The Secretary of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), Mallam Yahaya Muhammad Boyi, made this known in a terse statement on Saturday night.

He said, “The Sultanate Council Sokoto, has declared Monday 2/5/2022 as the first day of Shuwal 1443 AH”.

ICYMI: Sultan Declares New Date For Eid-El-Fitr As Moon Can’t Be Sighted(Check Date Here)

With the fresh development, Ramadan fast may continue on Sunday in Saudi Arabia and some other countries across the world

Recalls that the Director of Administration of the NSCIA, Arc. Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu had on Friday in a statement urged Muslims across the country to look for the new moon of Shawwal on Saturday

BY IYABO AINA

Publisher News Rain Nigeria