By Stanley Onyekwere
The Federal Capital Territory Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board (FCT-MPWB) has concluded plans to conduct the first phase of education and orientation exercise for Intending Pilgrims for this year’s hajj.
Director of the Board, Mallam Abubakar Adamu Evuti disclosed this in a statement from the Board’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Muhammad Lawal Aliyu.
Evuti explained that the orientation exercise slated to take place this weekend, at the FCT Permanent Hajj camp located at Basan Jiwa close to the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
He added thag Islamic scholars have already been mobilized for the exercise to prepare the intending pilgrims to achieve an acceptable HajjMallam Evuti explained that the exercise would be conducted in phases as usual to enable the intending pilgrims get enlightened on the hajj rites as well as new policies introduced for this year’s Hajj by the Saudi Authorities and National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
He notefld that the Board has already mapped out strategies to educate the intending pilgrims on the exercise, especially as new policies were introduced by the Saudi Arabian government in respect of the exercise this year which are peculiar to pilgrims over the years.
The Director also advised intending Pilgrims from the FCT for this year’s Hajj to participate in all programmes organized by the Board aimed to assist them to attain acceptable hajj.
According to him, intending pilgrims particularly the first timers, should take advantage of the exercise and enhance their Islamic knowledge on Hajj rites and proper guidance to get value for their money and discharge their religious obligations.
He however, warned all intending pilgrims who are yet to return their completed application forms or submit their international Passports to do so to enable the Board commence the process of their travel documents.
Furthermore, the Director stated that only intending Pilgrims who deposited up to the minimum threshold of N4.5 million and above would be shortlisted for this year’s Hajj at the expiration of the deadline set by NAHCON for the registration of the 2024 exercise.
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