Hajj 2024: Kaduna begs clerics to sensitise intending pilgrims on Dec 31 deadline
Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has called on Muslim clerics to assist in educating all intending pilgrims on the need to hasten payment of Hajj deposit in order to meet the December 31, 2023 deadline. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Yusuf Yakubu Arrigasiyyu, disclosed that the December deadline has been pegged by the […]
FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, as they perform Eid Al-Adha morning prayers in Mecca, on June 28, 2023. (Photo by Abdulghani BASHEER / AFP)
Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has called on Muslim clerics to assist in educating all intending pilgrims on the need to hasten payment of Hajj deposit in order to meet the December 31, 2023 deadline.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Yusuf Yakubu Arrigasiyyu, disclosed that the December deadline has been pegged by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) as the final date for registering intending pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj.
He made the appeal during a sensitisation meeting organised for the Imams and Ulamas (clerics) from the 23 area councils held in Kaduna and Sabon Gari local government areas yesterday.