EIDL KABIR 2023: THE FIRST EID CELEBRATION OUTSIDE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
The World Health Organization marked May 2023 the end of the Coronavirus Disease-19 as a public health emergency (PHE), global citizens are now more familiar and less disturbed about the Coronavirus Disease -19. In countries like the global north in Nigeria, citizens have gradually continued their normal lives unlike when the first case was detected on 27th February, 2020. The muslim believers celebrate two eids in a year; the Eidl-Adha and Eidl-Fitr which is known to be colourful, full of joy and a source of pride to the muslims. According to the Pew Research Center, the muslim population in Nigeria is the fifth largest in the world, collating to at least 90 million citizens out of over 200 million people. This illustrates that almost half the population of Nigerians have celebrated at least 6 major religious celebrations in a pandemic, this had socio-economic as well as psychological effects on the wellbeing of muslims. To begin with, the effect of a pandemic such as...