Kwara intending Hajj pilgrims gets COVID-19 vaccine

Date: 2021-04-03

No fewer than 2,500 intending pilgrims from 16 local government areas of Kwara have started taking COVID-19 vaccination for the 2021 Hajj to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board commenced the exercise in Ilorin on Friday.

Dr Sambo Sambaki, the Chairman of the board, said the intending pilgrims were expected to observe the COVID-19 measures from home to ensure the safety of all.

He said that the vaccine was being administered by the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to the intending pilgrims.

Sambaki said the process was being done to ensure that the COVID-19 protocols were observed by all stakeholders.

He presented a vaccination certificate to one of the intending pilgrims and described the exercise as one that would be successful.

Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Ahmed, the Executive Secretary of the board, said the exercise was in compliance with the directive of the Saudi Arabia authority.

"The vaccination of our intending pilgrims was part of the requirements from the Saudi Arabia Authority for intending pilgrims to qualify them to enter the holy land," he said

Ahmed said that the vaccination would be in two categories, stating that the 2,500 intending pilgrims would take the second dose after six weeks of the current one.

He said the pilgrims would also take regular immunisation against Yellow fever and other diseases after the COVlD-19 vaccination ended.

Ahmed advised the intending pilgrims from all the 16 local government areas of the state to make themselves available for the vaccination and obtain their certificates to affect their trip.

Hajia Sarat Yoonus, Immunisation Officer from the state primary healthcare development agency, said the vaccination was a strategic method to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

She said that intending pilgrim should avail themselves of the opportunity to get vaccinated or forfeit their planned trip as the vaccine was a requisite for the spiritual journey.

Yoonus reassured the intending pilgrims that the vaccination was safe and do not have any negative effects on the body as being speculated in some quarters.

Mrs Mopelola Kadir, one of the intending pilgrims who took the vaccination, commended the government for its effort to kick COVID-19 out of the state.

Hajia Asiata Amope also praised the foresight of the state government and urged residents to present themselves for the vaccination.

NAN reports that the state currently has 211 active cases of COVID-19 reports and 55 death have been recorded.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara Restoration Project     Kale Bayero     Ahmed Alhasssan     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ilorin Metro Park     Rasheed Jimoh     Share/Tsaragi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Abdulazeez Uthman     Aliyu Muyideen     Kulende-UITH     Abdullahi Biffo     George Funsho Adebayo     Aliyu Muhammed     Park     Eleja     Okala Baba     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Sabitiyu Grillo     Femi Ogunsola     Memunat Monsuma     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kwara State Football Association     KWASEIC     A.E. Afolabi     Chikanda     Oko-Erin     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Universal Basic Education Commission     Rafiu Olasile     Onilu     Hamidu Olowo     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Bello Oyedepo     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Yahya Mohammed     Ahmed Bayero     Oke-Ogun     Saba Jibril     Communication Network Support Services     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Akorede     Marufat Oladosu     Tunji Folami     Hassan Taiye Salam     Moshood Bakare     Ahmed \'Lateef     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Kulende     Erubu     Gwanara     Razaq Atunwa     Okedare     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     JUSUN     Yusuf Lawal     Bolakale Saka     Solomon Edojah     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Alabere     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Amoyo     Saheed Akinwumi     Abdulkadir Orire     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Bola Shagaya     Barakat Community Secondary School     Baruten     S.O. Opowoye     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Sobi     Adamu Attah     Sambo Murtala    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

David Oyedepo     Turaki     Ilorin Metro Park     JAMB     Orire     Modibo Kawu     Abioye Bello     Kwara Apc     Oniwasi Agbaye     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Michael Nzwekwe     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Vasolar Consultoria     Ibrahim Bio     Royal FM     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Okin Biscuit     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Malete     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Kayode Ishola     Offa Descendants Union     Lanre Badmus     Odo-Owa     Tunji Moronfoye     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Ibrahim Akaje     Aliyu Umar     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Salaudeen Oyewale     Kazeem Gbolagade     Democracy Day     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Ibrahim Jawondo     Wale Oladepo     Inside Kwara     Quareeb     KWASSIP     NIRSAL     Charcoal     Kwara Hotel     ASUU     Jawondo     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Clara Nwachukwu     Millennium Development Goals     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Saka Onimago     Ajakaye     Binta Sulyman     Tunji Oyawoye     CKNG     Rafiu Olasile     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Ojuekun Sarumi     Offa Poly     Arca Santa     Esuwoye     Sun Qing Rong     Saraki     Maryam Ado Bayero     Sabi     Yunus Oniboki     Onilu     Mukhtar Shagaya     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     08001000100     Taofeek Ibraheem     Surajudeen Akanbi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Senate Presidency     Okin High School     Musa Abdullahi     Quranic Recitation Competition