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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2004           Sallah travels: Abuja residents stay put Hundreds of Muslims in Abuja did not travel home to celebrate this year�s Eid-el Fitr because of their inability to fund the celebrations in their homes. Abuja is usually deserted during festivities such as Christmas and Sallah, but a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who went round the city reports that Friday�s celebration is unlike the others. Most Muslims, including public servants, construction workers and others, who usually mark the occasion in their home towns and villages were forced to observe it in Abuja this year. Many of the civil servants interviewed said they did not have enough money to travel as they had spent their October salary on children�s clothing and the November salary was yet to be paid. They said that even if this month�s salary had been paid, they had no intention of travelling as they could not cope with the many problems awaiting financial solutions at home. Some petty traders also told NAN that unlike previous years, they could not travel this year as they had not disposed of their goods. �We cannot travel to our villages to spend the little money we made here,� Malam Abdullahi Sheka, a trader at the new market in Wuse, Abuja said. Malam Muntari Bello, a civil servant, said the reforms were bitting hard on him and he could not think of going home for the Sallah. He appealed to government to do something urgent to alleviate the suffering of the common man. NAN reports that following the inability of many people to travel to their homes, the various Eid praying grounds, in Abuja, for the first time in many year had a large turnout of worshipers. Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Chief Justice of the Federation Muhammadu Uwais, Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu, FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai and some other ministers prayed at the main Eid-el Fitr ground along the Airport road. SITE TOOLS Print This Page   EMAIL THIS PAGE Friend's Name: Friend's  Email: Your Name: Your Email:           � Triumph Publishing Company Limited 2004

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