Osun Muslims To Pray For Rain Sunday

Muslim faithfuls in Osogbo and its environs have scheduled Sunday, August 17, 2024, for intercessory prayer for rain following three months of drought in the state.

A statement by the Chief Imam of Osogbo, Shaykh Musa Animasahun, invited Muslims irrespective of their association to converge on the Osogbo Eid praying ground to pray for rain from Allah.

The statement quoted the Chief Imam as saying that the special prayer would not be limited to invoking a beneficial rain, it would also be used to ask for peace in Osogbo and its environs.

According to the statement, the prayer will be held at 8 am at the new Eid, Ibokun Road, Osogbo.

“The Grand Imam invites all Jumaat leading Imaams and their jamaat, all Ratibi Imaams and their jamaat, all Madrasat, all alasalatu, the Saidas, all Tijaniyat, all Qadiriyat, the MSS, Jamaat Ahlu Sunnah, and all Muslims in Osogbo land to the special prayer to invoke for a beneficial rain,” it added.

Osun Defender reports that farmers in the state are counting their losses over irregular rainfall occasioned by climate change and other factors that affected the 2024 planting season.

READ: Food Crisis: Farmers Count Losses Over Irregular Rainfall

The farmers, in separate interviews with Osun Defender, lamented that lack of adequate water has disrupted their plans for a bountiful harvest, as most of their crops are burning out and drying up.

The medium observed that in the last three months, the rains have ceased in Osun and other parts of the South West, which is an unusual development that exposed the crops to harsh weather and heat from the ground.

The months of June, July, and August is described by meteorologists and farmers as the horn of the rainy season, where water is surplus and beneficial to crops.

As of the time of filing this report yesterday, most of the crops have remained stunted as obtained in May, making those due for seed production to have very little or no seed on them.