Upgrade Pilgrims Transit Camps, CSO Urges State Govs

A Hajj reporting and monitoring group, Impartial Hajj Reporters (IHR), has urged state governors throughout the nation, together with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to renovate and improve Hajj transit camps of their domains forward of the 2025 Hajj train.

In a press release issued to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja by its nationwide coordinator, Ibrahim Mohammed, the group emphasised the pressing want for the renovations and improve, citing the deteriorating state of some transit camps.

“It is not uncommon information that intending pilgrims spend a number of days at varied Hajj camps earlier than their airlift to Saudi Arabia. Info at our disposal signifies that a few of these camps want pressing renovation to make them extra snug,” he acknowledged.

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The group recommended the governors of Bauchi, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Sokoto States, in addition to the FCT Minister, for his or her efforts in modernising and upgrading their Hajj transit services.

The group additionally acknowledged the Osun State authorities’s promise to construct a world-class everlasting Hajj transit camp and urged completion earlier than the 2025 Hajj train.

“In different Hajj international locations, pilgrims’ schooling and enlightenment classes are often held in Hajj camps to assist them familiarise themselves with the method and their first level of keep earlier than departure.

“We plead with state executives to renovate and improve the services of their varied Hajj camps earlier than the airlift, scheduled to start within the final week of April this yr,” the assertion learn.

The group additional urged that the camps may serve extra functions, akin to industrial ventures with resorts and occasion centres, producing income for each the pilgrims’ welfare boards and state governments.