Hajj2025: OVER 1000 PILGRIMS FROM KATSINA ARE TO PERFORM THIS YEAR'S HAJJ
By Kabir Ahmed S/Kuka
In its preparations for this year 2025 Hajj Operations, Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board collected 1,850 intended pilgrims who paid their Hajj fares.
The Executive Director of the Board Alhaji Yunusa Abdullahi Dankama revealed this during joing meeting with Board members and other Board Directors. Dankama told the Board chairman Alhaji Kabir Bature Sarkin Alhazai represented by Alhaji Aliyu Radda, according to press release signed by Board Public Relations Officer Alhaji Badaru Bello Karofi.
The Executive Director informed the members that the Board has received the Allocation of 3,680 Hajj seat from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria and currently registered approximately 1,850 pilgrims who have paid for the Hajj fares.
He also informed the board members on the outcome of their meeting convened by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON),last week which specifically focused on airlift of which National Hajj Commission of Nigeria approved Max Air airline limited to transport pilgrims from Katsina state.
On the issue of airlift schedule,He said Katsina State pilgrims will be the last batch to be transported to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Board Chairman, Alhaji Kabir Bature Sarkin Alhazai represented by Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Radda, wished them all the best and urged them to work together to achieve success in the upcoming Hajj operation, just as they did last year.