Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has attributed the successful airlift of pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2024 hajj exercise to the mandate given by Uba Sani, the governor of the state.
In 2023, the governor of Kaduna inaugurated a committee to ensure that the 2024 hajj exercise in the state is hitch-free.
Abubakar Yusuf, the director of operations and head of information, communication, and technology at the agency, who spoke to journalists in Makkah on Tuesday, said the governor directed that there should be a hitch-free hajj experience.
Yusuf added that Sani charged the agency to take maximum care of pilgrims before and during their stay in Saudi Arabia.
Advertisement
‘’The governor gave the agency a mandate to ensure that pilgrims’ welfare is the utmost priority. His excellency also promised that his administration will conduct hajj differently from what it used to be in the past,’’ he said.
He said the agency’s officials also reviewed past operations and identified problematic areas, as well as leveraged their collective experience to avert such hitches.
The director also said the agency engaged all relevant stakeholders in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to find solutions to potential problems and took steps to avoid them.
Advertisement
‘’We have engaged competent staff that will ensure a hitch-free exercise. The pilgrims have also been sensitized about the necessary acts of worship during that period,” Yusuf said.
‘’So, right from the airlift to the next phase of the Hajj, pilgrims have been sufficiently educated on what to do. That is why we have so far had a smooth exercise. So, we envisage that the next phase of the pilgrimage will equally be smooth.”
Speaking on accommodation and other services in the holy land, Yusuf said the agency adopted open competitive bidding, which ensured that it engaged the best service providers at the lowest cost.
Advertisement
Add a comment
