The Lagos State Government has inaugurated an ad hoc- committee for 2019 Hajj to ensure that the process is peaceful and the state sustains its enviable position as the best in the country.
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, while speaking at the inauguration on Wednesday urged the committee members to see to the welfare and safety of the 2,234 pilgrims and also ensure that the entire pilgrimage process is performed peacefully.
He, also charged the ad-hoc committee to consider assignment as a serious job involving issues of welfare, safety and the array of logistics involved from Lagos to Mecca and back to the country.
“You are to ensure the comfort of the pilgrims, transportation to and within the Holy Land, accommodation and feeding of the pilgrims are taken care of. Your duties as a committee commence from Nigeria till their return and ends at the tendering of report and recommendation for improvement”, he said.
Earlier in her opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs. Adebunmi Adekanye explained that as part of the efforts to ensure a hitch-free 2019 Haji operation, the state Muslim Pilgrim welfare Board had organized series of activities which include seminar, talks, sensitization, medical test amongst other exercises to prepare the pilgrims for the spiritual exercises. The process was concluded today at the LTV Blue Roof with prayers, advises from the clerics and guidance on the pilgrimage from Nigeria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Permanent Secretary further announced that the National Hajj Commission issued the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrim commission an award as the best pilgrim commission for its disciplinary ways.
