Kaduna State Pilgrims have been enjoined to pray for President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani for the country’s peace and prosperity, as well as the wellbeing of Nigerians, in all their supplications.
The leader of the five-member Kaduna State Hajj Delegation Committee, Abubakar Mustapha, made the plea when the committee members visited the pilgrims at their residence on Ibrahim Khalil Road, Misfala district in Makkah on Saturday.
A statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ibraheem Musa, said the delegation leader also stated that both the president and the governor deserve a second term.
According to him, their re-election will enable them to continue with their people-oriented leadership at national and state levels respectively.
Mustapha, the former head of service, noted that the governor has been leading Kaduna state with wisdom that belies his relatively young age.
The statement further said that Mustapha advised the pilgrims to be law-abiding, by following both religious injunctions and the laws of Saudi Arabia.
Mustapha was accompanied by other members of the delegation, including the governor’s Principal Private Secretary, Prof Bello Ayuba.
Other members of the delegation include the District Head of Rigasa and Dangaladiman Zazzau, Arc Mohammed Aminu Idris, renown Islamic clerics Dr Imam Tukur Adam Almanar and Malam Abdullahi Rabiu Ishaq.
Speaking earlier, Sheikh Haliru Maraya, a member of the Special Hajj Committee of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, reminded the pilgrims of the various aspects of the Hajj rituals at Muna.
He disclosed that Muna is about eight kilometers from Makkah and has an area of 20 square kilometers, with 100 tents located within the space.
Sheikh Maraya underscored the significance of Muna, disclosing that the governor has engaged 85 officials, including Islamic clerics, to guide Kaduna state pilgrims in ensuring a rewarding Hajj exercise.
“The governor is not only concerned about the welfare and well-being of Kaduna pilgrims, he is equally concerned that they achieve Hajj Mabroor,” he added.
According to Maraya, an Islamic cleric has been assigned to each tent where Kaduna pilgrims are housed, to lead them in prayers and all aspects of worship during their stay at Muna.
“This is unprecedented and Kaduna state is the only subnational that has taken this extraordinary step to ensure that its pilgrims perform their Hajj as prescribed by Prophet Muhammad (SAW). The governor deserves commendation for that and may Allah (SWT) reward him abundantly,” he said.
