The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, says that the 2024 intending pilgrims from kwara state will be airlifting from Ilorin International Airport to Medina in Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2024.
Abdulkadir stated this at the enlightenment programme organised for all its intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj, held at the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board’s premises, Ilorin on Sunday.
A statement by Jumoke Jimoh, Public Relations Officer of the Board said that the first batch of the pilgrims from the state will be transported to Saudi Arabia on the 20th of this month while the last batch will take off on the 6th of June 2024.
The Secretary promised that the intending pilgrims will be vaccinated and collect their luggage by next week Tuesday.
She said that the Chairman, State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Professor Mashood Mahmud-Jimba called on intending pilgrims from kwara to prepare for the challenges which may arise at the Saudi Arabia and see it as part of their worship.
Mashood-Jimba advised them to desist from abusive words before, during and after the Arafat to have hitch free Hajj exercise.
In his lecture, the Grand Khadi, Kwara State Shariah Court of Appeal, Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen advised the intending pilgrims to perform his or her Hajj with fear of Allah.
The Grand Khadi tasked them to be patient while in the Holy land to have a successful Hajj exercise.
