Kwara to screen intending pilgrims, officials for Ebola

Date: 2014-09-16

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.

Wahab Egbewole     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Ilorin Durbar     PharmAccess Foundation     Ita-Nmo Market     Egbejila     Ayinke Saka     Shururat Olatinwo     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Umaru Saro     Erubu Oba Zubair     Idris Amosa Saidu     Alimi     Saliu Tunde Bello     Peter Amogbonjaye     Samari     Simeon Ajibola     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Tunde Kazeem     Universal Basic Education Commission     Oye Tinuoye     NSCIA     College Of Education     Nnazua     Abubakar Ndakene     Gamji Members Association     Durosinlohun Atiku     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ahmed Alhasssan     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Laolu Saraki     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Ilofa     Bolaji Aladie     Wasiu Odewale     Ibrahim Oniye     Issa Manzuma     NIRSAL     Aliyu Salihu     Oluwole Dupe     Salary     Monthly Sanitation     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Erin-ile     Magaji Are     Kassim Babamale     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Demola Banu     Shehu Adaramaja     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Adisa Logun     High Court     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Tafida Of Kaiama     Kanu Agabi     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Quranic Recitation Competition     Yetunde Balogun     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ajidagba     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Yekeen Alabi     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Abdulraheem Olesin     Valsolar Consortium     Share     Abdulwahab Oba     Ahmad Lawan     Kaosarah Adeyi     Galadiman Ngeri     Post-utme    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Odo-Owa     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     KWASEIC     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ganiyu Abolarin     Salake     Aliyu Muhammed     Orisun Igbomina     GAMA     ASKOMP     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     HYPPADEC     College Of Health     Sulyman Buhari     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Lawan     Yusuf Arowosaye     CKNG     Lithium Deposit     Kwara Apc     KWIRS     Lanre Issa Onilu     Gbugbu International Market     AbdulGafar Tosho     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Babajide Ajayi     Bola Olukoju     NIPOGA     Memunat Monsuma     Ghali Muhammed     Ahmad Belgore     Okin Group     NULGE     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     GANZY     Oladimeji Thompson     Usman Yunusa     Osinbajo     Oniwasi Agbaye     Alliance For Democracy     Salihu Yahaya     Abubakar Imam     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Durbar     Ayekale     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Aisha Buhari     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Salihu Ajia     Lateef Alagbonsi     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Toyin Abdullahi     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     AbdulHamid Adi     Rex Olawoye     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Harmony Holdings     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Just Law Forum     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Agboola Babatunde     Bola Magaji     Federal Allocation     Women Radio     Tunde Kazeem     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Photo News     N-Power     Deji Ajani     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Kanu Agabi