MONROVIA – President George Manneh Weah has by Proclamation declared the second Friday (today) in April as a “Fast and Prayer Day” to be observed throughout Liberia as a National Holiday. According to a Foreign Ministry release, the Proclamation is in consonance with an Act of the National Legislature passed into law in 1883 declaring the second Friday in the month of April of each year as “National Fast and Prayer Day” for the safety and welfare of the Nation and its people with penitent reverence to God. The Day is observed as a Day of Supplication, Prayer, Fasting and Meditation so that our efforts as a people, may be crowned with great achievements to the common cause of the Nation, the State and our common humanity. The people of the Republic of Liberia have always submitted themselves, in humble contrition to the Almighty God for guidance and protection as well as for peace in their national life and affairs. The Day is observed as a Day of Supplication, Prayer, Fasting and Meditation so that our efforts as a people, may be crowned with great achievements to the common cause of the Nation, the State and our common humanity.

Source: Front Page Africa April 10, 2020 12:33 UTC