The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board in Abuja is scheduled to initiate the first phase of an education and orientation program for intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Director of the Board, Kadiri Edah disclosed this while answering questions from Journalists in Abuja Nigeria’s capital.
Edah said that the orientation exercise is billed to take place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of February 2025 at the FCT Permanent Hajj camp located at Basan Jiwa close to the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
He added that Islamic scholars have already been mobilized for the exercise to prepare the intending pilgrims to achieve an acceptable Hajj.
Edah elaborated that the exercise will be implemented in phases to ensure that prospective pilgrims are adequately informed about the rites of Hajj, as well as the new policies introduced for this year’s pilgrimage by the Saudi authorities and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
The Director explained that the Board has already mapped out strategies to educate the intending pilgrims on the exercise, especially as new policies were introduced by the Saudi Arabian government in respect of the exercise this year which are peculiar to pilgrims over the years.
He advised intending pilgrims to participate in all programmes organized by the Board to acquaint themselves with Hajj rites.
He also urged intending pilgrims to take advantage of the exercise and enhance their Islamic knowledge of Hajj rites and proper guidance to get value for their money and discharge their religious obligations.
The Director, therefore, warned all intending pilgrims who are yet to return their completed application forms or submit their international Passports to do so immediately to enable the Board to commence the process of their travel documents.
He stated that only intending pilgrims who completed the hajj fare of N8.457,685.59 (Eight Million, four hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred and eighty-five Naira, fifty kobo) and above would be shortlisted for this year’s Hajj at the expiration of the deadline set for the registration of 2025 by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
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