The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday
concluded the transportation of Nigeria’s pilgrims to this year’s Hajj
with the arrival of about 190, making up 37,746 pilgrims now in Saudi
Arabia.
The last batch flew in to the country through a Fly Nass
airline from Abuja, which conveyed five pilgrims from Kaduna State, 14
members of medical team and 171 others.
The operation was conducted in 101 flights undertaken by
Max Air, Fly Nass and Medview Ltd. from various locations in Nigeria,and
had targeted 55,000 pilgrims.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Hajj
inaugural flight took off with 446 Kogi Pilgrims on July 21 in Abuja,
followed by 382 from Nasarawa State.
With the latest, 37,746 Nigerian pilgrims have now joined
about 1.6 million pilgrims worldwide performing the Hajj in the Holy
land this year.
The Saudi Government had announced the figure, saying
233,000 of the total were domestic pilgrims now in Makkah,while others
were being expected.
Saudi’s General Overseer of Passports, Sulaiman Al-Yahya,
said 18 individuals were being prosecuted for illegally transporting
pilgrims without permits.
The Nigerian pilgrims are also expected to join others
worldwide to perform the Hajj rites on Monday on Arafat Day, and later
observe the Eid-El-Kabir on Tuesday. (NAN)
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