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Pilgrims
Dutse, Sept. 27, 2016 (NAN) A total of 500 Muslim pilgrims from Jigawa returned to the country on Tuesday after performing this year’s
Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims arrived at the Dutse International Airport at 12.25 p.m. aboard Max Air.
Alhaji Usman Muhammad, one of the officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare Board who confirmed the arrival, said that the pilgrims were the first batch of the 2,378 pilgrims transported in four batches from the state for this year’s Hajj.
The pilgrims are from Kazaure, Guri, Kaugama, Malammadori and Hadejia local government areas of the state.
Some of the pilgrims who spoke to NAN at the airport commended the Jigawa Government for taking good care of them while in Saudi Arabia.
A pilgrim who gave his name as Alhaji Magaji Ibrahim, from Kazaure Local Government Area, said they were provided with “very good accommodation.”
Ibrahim added that each pilgrim received a stipend of 100 Riyals from the Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru.
Another pilgrim, Hajiya Binta Lawan from Hadejia, told NAN that officials of the Pilgrims Welfare Board were “very nice to us.”
According to her, the pilgrims used the period of the exercise to offer special prayers for peace, unity, progress and stability in the country. (NAN) MNB/HA
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(Edited by Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)