By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna.
As a way of addressing some of the challenges been encountered during 2022 Hajj exercise, Kaduna state pilgrims walfare agency have summoned all stakeholders in the activities of hajj operations to discuss some of the challenges with the view to address them.
Speaking during the meeting held in kaduna the Executive Secretary of the agency Mallam Yusuf Yakubu Arrigasiyu said "we called all stakeholders involved in the exercise to discuss and analises them with the view of finding solutions to some of the challenges.
" As you all know the Hajj is a continuous process that needs every challenge to be addressed every year for progress,this year the Mecca Kingdom have given us an award recommendations letter for the excersice and next year we wish to have a hitch free excersice and very soon we will start preparations he added.
Some of the stakeholders from various organizations in the event through their representative like Nigeria Immigration called on the Kaduna State pilgrims walfare agency, to ensure timely information between the duo organisations to help them in there work.
According to the Nigeria Police advised the to ensure synergy between the two organisations and also encourage their staff and motivate them through desired informations for a successful exercise.
On it part the Nigerian Custom Service in there contributions commended the pilgrims agency and advised to ensure declaration of the amount of money ($10) especially the American currency, or goods a pilgrim is holding to and from must be declared to make there work easy.
The Chief Imam of Jama'a Kafanchan Kingdom commended the agency and also advised them to enlighten pilgrims to be more displined in attitude and help pilgrims at the end of the Hajj exercise before final departure back home.
Also contribution the Airport management in their part narrated the challenges of insecurity that almost discouraged them in the success of the exercise but with cooperation and standard the exercise was made a reality. He pleaded to agency to ensure provision of working tools to enhance and make easy the exercise.
On their word the Fire Service observed that all stakeholders should be deployed to key areas where they will ensure there services where made possible and ensure Hitch free exercise.
The Nigerian Security and Civil defense Corps NSCDC in there contributions to improve security and also welfare of the security operatives during the exercise.
Speaking unbehalf of the Islamic Scholars that enlighting Pilgrims Mallam Shehu Umar Zaria advised KSPWA to bring out one voice from Islamic Scholars on enlightenment and ensure the practice is uniform among pilgrims during the Hajj exercise.
Earlier in her address the Acting Governor of Kaduna state represented by commissioner of budget and Planning, Umma Yusuf Aboki said" the state government is committed towards supporting Hajj operations, as you can see we are here to receive some of the challenges which was encounter during the exercise, and now all plans are under way to have a hitch free excersice next year she concluded.