Nigeria's NAHCON, PTF set strategic guidelines for Hajj pilgrims
Published 05 Jan,2021 via The Nation - The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and two other agencies are mapping out strategic guidelines on COVID-19 preventive measures to safeguard Nigerian pilgrims during the 2021 hajj operation. The two other agencies are the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Federal Ministry of Health.
The Head, Public Affairs of NAHCON, Mrs. Fatima Usara, announced this in a statement yesterday in Abuja.
Usara enjoined all intending pilgrims and officials of State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards to continue to observe COVID-19 protocols. This, she said, is in order to curtail the spread of the pandemic, which has entered the second wave.
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