LASG Denies Sponsoring Pilgrims for 2015 Hajj
Lagos State Government today denied the sponsorship
of pilgrims for the 2015 hajj as being speculated in some news media, even as
the Amirul Hajj restated the state’s readiness to conduct a hitch-free hajj.
Reacting to publications in some dailies that some pilgrimage
forms allocated to key officials of the state government have been hijacked,
the Amirul Hajj and Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on 2015 Hajj, AbdulLateef
Abdul Hakeem, in a statement said the state government does not sponsor
pilgrims to the holy land and that it is only interested in making sure the state
pilgrims are well taken care of.
“I wish to inform the public that the state has
not sponsored or intend to sponsor any pilgrim for the 2015 hajj operations. What
we were mandated to do is to coordinate the affairs of all intending
pilgrims for this year’s hajj,” he said.
In a statement made available by the Chief Press Secretary
of the state, Habib Aruna, the Amirul Hajj added that the state involvement as
a responsive and responsible government is limited to medical and general
welfare.
The statement said: “We are giving support by
providing welfare personnel, medical officials and clerics to guide them and
ensure that they remain good ambassadors.
“The state government recognises the fact that
pilgrimage is a private affair of individuals but the primary essence of
governance is to ensure the welfare of the people within and outside the state
so that they remain law abiding.”
Amirul Hajj therefore urged all intending pilgrims to
expect hitch-free hajj operations and be good ambassadors of the state.
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