Lagos State Government has concluded the 2024 Hajj exercise with the safe arrival of the last and final batch of the state 1,869 pilgrims from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The pilgrims on board Flynas flight XY9066 on Wednesday, touched down at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport Lagos with 401 pilgrims and 11 officials that comprised 144 Lagos and 257 Osun State pilgrims.
He said a Post Hajj Conference would be convened with the stakeholders by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, to address some of the glitches towards finding a lasting solution. “Looking ahead, we know that when the National Hajj Commission completes the whole operation they will convene a Post Hajj Conference that will involve the Amirul-Hajj of all the states of the federation with their Pilgrim Boards and this will enable us to dissect the operation for the year and look at areas of improvement in the coming year and we are all looking forward to that meeting,” he said.
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