Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has charged the state’s contingent to the holy pilgrimage to pray for the progress of the state and Nigeria as a whole.
Speaking with the pilgrims in the early hours of Wednesday as the state’s last batch was set to fly to Saudi Arabia, Abdulrazaq said, “I have come to see you off. I have come to bid you farewell to the Holy Land. Don’t forget Kwara and Nigeria when you get there. Pray for us. Pray for the progress of our state.”
The Governor prayed to God to accept the hajj rites of the intending pilgrims who he urged to be good ambassadors of the state.
The head of the state’s contingent, Alhaji L’Azizi Jimoh, appreciated the Governor for the visit which he described as the first of such by any Chief Executive Officer of the state.
“This is the first time a Governor will come here to personally bid farewell to the pilgrims. We are grateful,” Jimoh, a renowned historian and community leader said.
A total of 2,026 persons are performing the holy pilgrimage from Kwara in 2019.
Wednesday’s flight involving 365 pilgrims as the last from the state as the world prepares for the annual religious rites.
