Eid-El-Fitr: Sultan declares new date as moon can’t be sighted

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Saturday made the declaration that Monday is now the first day of Shawwal.

This follows the failure of the National Moon Sighting Committee to sight the 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”.

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

Recall that 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