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The Oyo State Government has revealed that Seven-hundred and seventy-nine intending pilgrims\u00a0with Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muslim Wing are to leave Nigeria for Saudi Arabia\u00a0on Friday, June 17 for this year spiritual Hajj performance.<\/p>\n
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This was made known\u00a0by the Chairman of the Board, Prof. Sayed Malik during the distribution of Hajj Clothes, Bags and other needed materials to Intending Pilgrims at Board Office, Hajj Camp, Olodo Ibadan today.<\/p>\n
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Prof Malik also\u00a0called on the State\u2019s 2022 Hajj intending pilgrims to pray for Nigeria while performing the spiritual exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
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He stated that the first batch of the Pilgrims are expected to be moved from Ibadan to Lagos State on Thursday, 16th June and take off to the Holy Land of Saudi Arabia on the following day.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe first batch of Oyo State Intending Pilgrims for this year’s Hajj is going to leave Ibadan on Thursday 16th June and airlifted inshaAllah early morning of the Friday, that is 17th July 2020\u201d,\u00a0he noted.<\/p>\n
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While urging those that were unable to collect the needed materials today to make themselves available as soon as possible, the Chairman noted that the Executive Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde is expected to meet with the intending pilgrims on Wednesday 15 to bid them welfare.<\/p>\n
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According to him, \u201cSeven Hundred and Seventy-Nine (779) people are expected to perform this year’s Hajj from the State\u201d.<\/p>\n
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The Chairman called on all the intending Pilgrims to converge at Hajj Camp in Olodo on Thursday 16th June in preparation for their journey from Ibadan to Lagos.<\/p>\n
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He therefore admonished them to abide by all regulations laid down by the Saudi Government and be good ambassadors of the State and Nigeria at large.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey must realise that they are going there for religious exercises, they must be careful not to go against regulations from the Saudi Arabia Government and abide by instructions given by officials of the Board because they are more knowledgeable than they are as far as Hajj is concern\u201d, he advised.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey should\u00a0not do things that can tarnish the good image of Oyo State in particular and Nigeria in general\u201d, the Board’s Chairman warned.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey must ensure they do not carry any illicit drug along with them because the Law Enforcement Agencies will be on ground to examine them thoroughly\u201d, he also added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Oyo State Government has revealed that Seven-hundred and seventy-nine intending pilgrims\u00a0with Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muslim Wing are to leave Nigeria for Saudi Arabia\u00a0on Friday, June 17 for this year spiritual Hajj performance. This was made known\u00a0by the Chairman of the Board, Prof. Sayed Malik during the distribution of Hajj Clothes, Bags and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n