Pilgrims
The Director-General of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Laminu Rabiu said it sold 2,600 Hajj seats out of the 5,934 seats allocated to the state by the National Hajj Commission.
He assured that the board had completed all necessary arrangements for the 2024 Hajj in Kano and Saudi Arabia.
The Director-General of the board, Alhaji Laminu Rabiu, made the declaration in Kano on Saturday at the flag-off of the orientation training for 2024 intending pilgrims.
Rabiu therefore urged intending pilgrims to be good ambassadors of Kano State and Nigeria while in Saudi Arabia, noting that the issuance of visas for the 2024 Hajj would end on April 29.
He said; “Intending pilgrims should intensify efforts at ensuring regular attendance at the Hajj orientation exercise.
“The training would be conducted in 13 centres in Kano State; we call on all the intending pilgrims to be prompt in attending the orientation training because they will learn a lot about Hajj.
“We have already completed all the necessary logistics in terms of accommodation, feeding, and transportation during the 2024 Hajj,’’ he assured.
