Kwara to screen intending pilgrims, officials for Ebola
The Kwara Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board said on Monday that 1,957 intending pilgrims and 10 officials from the state for the 2014 hajj would be screened for the Ebola virus.
The Executive Secretary of the Board, Hajia Fatima Abolore Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that the pilgrims and officials would be screened before they depart for the holy land.
She said the screening for Ebola became imperative in view of the panic caused by the outbreak of the disease in some parts of the country and the international attention it created.
he Executive Secretary, who did not give a specific date for the screening, said any intending pilgrim or official who tested positive would not make the trip.
Jimoh said that the pilgrims and officials would be screened twice at the Hajj transit camp in llorin and at the llorin lnternational Airport before their departure.
She said the Board had consulted the state Primary Heathcare Development Agency and other medical experts who would help in the screening.
Jimoh urged the medical officers for the screening not to play politics with the exercise in order to avoid tarnishing the image of the state and the country at the holyland.
"Anybody, no matter how highly placed, that test positive to Ebola, would not make the journey", she said.
NAN recalls that about three weeks ago, fear gripped several residents of Kwara over suspected outbreak of the Ebola virus disease.
When NAN visited the office of the board in llorin on Monday, screening forms were being distributed to some intending pilgrims. (NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development Umar Sanda Yusuf Ahman Pategi University Iyeru Grammar School Suwa-Arabs Mutawalle Na\'Allah Tosin Saraki Hausa Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Kamaldeen Gambari Aso-ofi Kwara Central Smart School Okeose Christian Cementary Yahaya Muhammad Zubair Folorunsho Erubu Aliyu U. Tilde Aminu Ado Bayero Jimoh Olusola Imam Abubakar Baba Funmilayo Mohammed Aliyu Muhammed Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria Salman Jawondo Olaiya Victor Mobolaji Mufutau Olatinwo Ahman Patigi Bayer AG Biliaminu Aliu Kwarareports.com Coronavirus Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi Muritala Awodun Esuwoye Kwara NIPR Wale Oladepo Kwara State Pension Board Kupchi Hosea Maxwell Wahab Issa Yahaya Oloriegbe Ishaq Abdulkarim Flights To Ilorin Sarakite Bamidele Adegoke Mahmud Babatunde Baker Ebola Zainab Abass Al-Adaby Michael Nzekwe Ilorin Metro Park Chief Imam Of Offa Bayer Nigeria Limited Ali Ahmad Taiwo Joseph NNPP Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum SWAN Medview Airlines Buhari Al-Hikmah Radio Salaudeen Oyewale Abubakar Kawu Baraje Donatus Ejidike Tanke Road Yahaya Abdulkareem Shettima Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies Pius Abioje Ope Saraki Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory Ben Duntoye Oyedun Juliana Funke Tosho Yaqub Baruba Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan Ilesha Gwanara Road

