The
Secretary of the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr
Musbau Okoya, has urged intending pilgrims from Lagos State to get set
for their medical tests after this Ramadan.
Okoya stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
He said that some hospitals in the state have been designated for the tests.
“Medical tests
for the pilgrims will come up immediately after the month of Ramadan.
You know it is important to know the health status of our pilgrims, to
identify those who will need special care.
“Hospitals
approved for the medical tests are the General Hospitals in Lagos, Epe,
Ikorodu, Badagry, Gbagada, Ifako, Amuwo Odofin, and the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja,” he said.
Okoya advised
the intending pilgrims to be spiritually prepared for the exercise and
to put to use all they have been taught in the various seminars that
were organised for them.
“The Pilgrimage is a rare opportunity to get Allah’s forgiveness for past sins, and to seek His favours.
“We have been
educating our intending pilgrims on the proper ways to go about
achieving all these, and I will urge them to remember all they were told
and to put them to use.
“It is not an opportunity to embark on a shopping spree,” he advised.
Okoya urged intending pilgrims who had yet to complete their payments to do so on time.
“Some people
have still not made the full payment for the Hajj; we can only appeal to
them to do so on time, so that we can conclude all the processes in
good time.
“We understand that times are hard, but with Allah, things will not be too difficult for us,’’ he said.
Okoya said that the Saudi Arabian authorities have made the national identity card a compulsory requirement for all pilgrims.
He urged them to come forward to the board’s office at Ikeja to register for the cards.
“The Saudi authorities have made it compulsory for all pilgrims to have their national identity cards this year.
“To this end,
and considering the time lapse, the National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC) approved a registration centre in our office, solely
for intending pilgrims.
“Those of them
that have yet to register should all come to our office for their
national identity card registration,” he added. (NAN)
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