Ogun Tasks Hajj Pilgrims On Good Conduct
By Gbenga Akinfenwa
16 August 2015 |
4:58 am
OGUN State pilgrims to this year’s holy pilgrimage to Makkah and Medina have been urged to be good ambassadors of the state, by sustaining the enviable position it has achieved as the best in the last four years. The Chairman, Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dr. Ishaq Yusuf gave this advise while addressing the pilgrims at…
OGUN State pilgrims to this year’s holy pilgrimage to Makkah and Medina have been urged to be good ambassadors of the state, by sustaining the enviable position it has achieved as the best in the last four years.
The Chairman, Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dr. Ishaq Yusuf gave this advise while addressing the pilgrims at a day seminar organized at the weekend to prepare the pilgrims on fundamental principles, drug related offences and prohibited items as well as medical requirements for hajj, held at the Secretariat Mosque, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.
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