By GARBA MUHAMMAD

The Operations Commissioner, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Prince Anofiu Olarenwaju Elegushi, has called on the media, Ulama and officials to intensify the enlightenment campaign with a view to encourage the Nigerian pilgrims to abide by the grouping arrangement, in order to avert disorderliness at Masha’er ( Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifa and Jamarat).

The commissioner made the appeal on Sunday, June 9^th, 2024, during a physical visitation to Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifa to afford officials NAHCON and State Pilgrims Boards the opportunity to establish the positions of the Nigerian Pilgrims and a pathfinding tour of the Taraddudiyyah’ routes.

The Commissioner cautioned pilgrims to safeguard their health under the intense heat of the sun and advised them against adopting the mentality of insisting to get to the Jabalur-Rahma which was not established to be compulsory in Islamic Jurisprudence.

Earlier, the Makkah Coordinator who is also the Head of Taraddudiyyah, Dr Aliyu Tanko, explained that the essence of the Taraddudiyyah route is to avert the gridlock and ease movement of Pilgrims from Muna, Arafat and Muzdalifa by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj.

He enjoined the officials to play by the rule and to always caution their pilgrims from taking actions that may disrupt free flow of vehicular movements during the Masha’er.

Those on the entourage of commissioner includes the Saudi Arabian officials, media as well as the representative’s from Ogun, Plateau, Nasarawa, Yobe, Oyo and Zamfara states.

•PHOTO: The Operations Commissioner, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Prince Anofiu Olarenwaju Elegushi (R), the Makkah Coordinator who is also the Head of Taraddudiyyah, Dr Aliyu Tanko (L), and representative of Saudi Arabia (M) during tour of the Musha’er in Makkah, KSA.

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