Amirul hajj suggests seventy years as age limit for pilgrims

Date: 2017-10-08

The KWARA State Amirul Hajj for this year's pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, Professor Suleiman Jamiu has suggested that the Federal Government and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) should peg the age limit of pilgrims from the country to the holy land to between seventy and seventy five years.

According to him , this would reduce the burden , the executive or members of the various states Muslims pilgrims welfare board face in taken care of the aged pilgrims particularly those of them that were not accompanied by another younger pilgrim.

Professor Jamiu expressed these views in Ilorin , the KWARA State capital while answering questions on a Radio KWARA personality interview programme "Playing Host."

The Amirul Hajj who is a Professor of Islamic Studies in the Kwara State University , Malete, urged those In Charge of the screening of the pilgrims in subsequent hajj operations to ensure that only healthy and abled bodies are cleared to perform the pilgrimage.

According to him, two pilgrims , one FULANI male pilgrim and and another female who hailed from Ogbomosho in Oyo State that travelled from KWARA state died during this year's pilgrimage while a total number of fourteen Nigerian pilgrims died across the country.

He commended NAHCON and the Kwara State Government for providing a conducive environment for pilgrims in Saudi Arabia particularly in the areas of feeding and accommodation and attributed the success recorded to the experience of the executive of the hajj committee under the leadership of the executive secretary of the pilgrims board, Alhaji Tunde Jimoh.

Professor Jamiu called on stakeholders in the hajj operations to ensure that African food are served in future pilgrimages and recalled that most of the foreign food served Nigerian pilgrims were wasted due to the taste of the food.

Similarly , he stressed the need for the Saudi Arabia and Nigerian Governments to work in partnership in the planning of future hajj operations for proper organization and praised the Chairman of the NAHCOH, Barrister Abdullahi Mohammed Muktar for setting up a committee in preparation for next year's pilgrimage.

The Amirul Hajj observed with joy that all pilgrims from the state were airlifted to Saudi Arabia and brought back home on schedule and commended the state government for not sponsoring any politician for the pilgrimage this year as he alleged that some politicians sponsored by government always disrupt hajj exercises .

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Prince Bola Ajibola     Medview Airlines     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Siraj Oyewale     Nnazua     Mashood Dauda     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Quareeb     NITDA     General Hospital, Ilorin     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Dankaka     Segun Adeniyi     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Femi Ogunsola     Gurei     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Bursary     Emmanuel Bello     Florence Saraki     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Galland Marcias     Kwara South     Mansur Alfanla     Ibrahim Bio     S.O. Opowoye     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Okasanmi Ajayi     IFK     Olushola Saraki     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Abdullahi Samari     IHS Towers     Salake     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Salaudeen Oyewale     Razaq Atunwa     ITP     March 28     Talaka Parapo     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Moronfoye     Michael Ologundea     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Abdulkarim Adisa     Sadiq Umar     Temi Kolawole     Metro Park     11th Galadima     Alabere     All Peoples Party     Yunus Oniboki     Daud Adeshola     Sango-UITH Road     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Magaji Erubu     RTEAN     Kwara State Fire Service     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Adisa Logun     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Waheed Ibrahim     Kwara State University Of Education     Ilesha-Baruba     Sobi     Playing Host     Mahee Abdulkadir     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Patigi Regatta     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Charles Ibitoye     Segun Ogunsola     Modupe Oluwole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

2023 Elections     Ramat Oganija     Maigida     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Obuh     Riskat Opakunle     Harrison Osauwagboe     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ayobami Akanbi     Bio Ibrahim     Kolawole Bashirat     Taofeek Sanusi     Ilorin.Info     JMK Construction Company Limited     Aliyu Muhammed     Mansur Alfanla     Mamman Saba Jibril     Abikan     Ahmad Lawan     Amuda Musbau     Bamikole Omishore     Umaru Saro     TVC Female National Debate     Abdulazeez Arowona     Erubu Oba Zubair     Sayomi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Towoju     Admiralty Villa     Odo-Owa     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Ganiyu Taofiq     Ike Ekweremadu     Bukola Saraki     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     IYA ALFA NLA     Okedare     Lateef Fagbemi     Fatimat Saliu     Shehu Salau     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Ilesha-Gwanara     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Galadiman Ngeri     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Sardauna     Village Alive Development Association     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Bature Bello     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Omotoso Musa     Popo-Igbonna     Yusuf Ali     Oluwole Dupe     Quarry Royal Valley     Idowu Aremu     Yakubu Shaaba     Shaaba Lafiagi     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Kumbi Titilope     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Women Radio     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Saka Saadu     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Government High School Adeta     Bisi Kristien     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Adama Isa     Kwara Liberation Group     Anilelerin     Kolawole Akande     Saheed Alakoso     Ahman Pategi     Jimba Babatunde