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.

Kwara NIPR     Bond     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Kwara State Football Association     N-Power     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Pilgrims Board     Apado     Yoonus Lawal     Harafat E. Mukadam     Lanre Jimoh     Damilola Yusuf     Harrison Osauwagboe     Kayode Zubair     Suleiman Idris     Photo News     Valsolar Consultoria     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Sanusi Abubakar     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Ilorin West     Idowu Aremu     Abdulazeez Arowona     Olam Food Ingredients     Yomi Adeboye     Oloriegbe     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Ahmad Belgore     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Y.A. Abdulkareem     FERMA     Kayode Yusuf     Seni Saraki     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Idris Garba     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Shonga     MAI Akande     MINILS     Ashiru     IYA YUSUF     Jamiu Oyawoye     Gbugbu International Market     Ilorin Metro Park     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Atiku Abubakar     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Abatemi Usman     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Kola Olota     NIPR     Aliyu Adebayo     Doyin Agbamu     Teachers Specific Allowance     Baba-Isale     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Alapansapa     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Emir Of Ilorin     Abiodun Oyedepo     Taofik Abdulkareem     AGILE Programme     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Arca Santa     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Moshood Bakare     Prince Bola Ajibola     Bayo Ajia     CLAY POT    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lola Ashiru     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Muhammadu Buhari     Mubarak Oladosu     Olabimpe Olani     Yakubu Dogara     Osi     Communication Network Support Services     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Earlyon Technologies     Col. Taiwo     Iyiola Oyedepo     Albert Ogunsola     Timothy Akangbe     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Yashikira     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     CT Ayeni     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Bamidele Aluko     Gurei     Kisira     Akorede     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Sulu Gambari     ITP     Muritala Olarewaju     Peculiar Allowance     Wole Oke     Mashood Dauda     Sulyman Buhari     HICA     Onikijipa     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     JUSUN     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     CCB     Abubakar Usman Jos     Yakub Lai Gobir     John Olajide Adedipe     Ramat Oganija     Ayegbeni     Taofeek Sanusi     Senate Presidency     Ohoro Of Shao     Shuaibu Yaman     Baba Idris     Olugbense     Bayo Lawal     Jani Ibrahim     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Atiku     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Sanusi Abubakar     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Ile Arugbo     Azeez Salawu     Student Learning Support Helpline     Kwara NIPR     Owu Fall     Sam Onile     Yinka Aluko     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Mohammed Danjuma     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Memunat Monsuma     Kwara University Of Education     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ishaq Abdulkarim     ASMAU PLAZA     Voices Of Tomorrow     Tunji Moronfoye