The executive secretary of the Board, Alh Abdulkadir AbdulSalam, disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, on Sunday.
Abdulkadir disclosed that 1,597 intending pilgrims from the state had been airlifted and are presently in Makkah performing the Hajj rites while 1,953 were waiting for their turn to be airlifted. He added that, out of the remaining intending pilgrims, 24 joined Ekiti State’s contingents earlier on Sunday for onward journey to Saudi Arabia.
He disclosed that the National Hajj Commisssion of Nigeria has made arrangements to deploy airlines that have completed the airlifting of their allotted intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, to other states that have flight delay or hitches for prompt transportation.
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