The inaugural flight for the 2023 Hajj from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia has been scheduled for Thursday, May 25, with Nasarawa State set to produce the first batch of intending pilgrims.
The chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan stated this during the inauguration of this year’s Hajj media team at the Hajj House in Abuja.
The chairman who stated that an advanced team of Hajj officials would depart to the Holy land on Sunday to prepare for the reception of Nigeria’s pilgrims, emphasised the importance of the media in nation building and unity.
He said the media have the ability to make or mar, depending on what their conscience guide them to.
Alhaji Zikrullah enjoined the media team members to be fair and just in their reportage through responsible information dissemination before, during and even after the Hajj exercise.
In their remarks the Commissioners of Planning, Research and Policy Management, Shaykh Sulayman Momoh and Alhaji Nura Hassan Yakasai all advised members of the team to be true ambassadors of the journalism profession by being fair, objective and balanced in the herculean task of news reporting in Nigeria and in Saudi Arabia during the entire period of the Hajj exercise.
CYMI: Download Hajj 2022 edition of Muslim News, first free Islamic e-newspaper in Nigeria
Muslim News, Nigeria’s most authoritative Islamic Newspaper was part of the NAHCON National Media Team for the 2022 Hajj.
After the completion of the exercise, the newspaper unveiled a 16-page special print edition tagged ‘2022 Emergency Hajj‘ to tell the success story of the operation led by NAHCON Chairman, Barr. Zikrullah Hassan.
About 3,500 copies were distributed freely across major central mosques and Muslim events in Nigeria.
The newspaper later released the e-paper for all its teeming readers who couldn’t get the printed copies for free. We pray Allah to count us among those who will perform this year’s Hajj. Ameen. Download and read our special edition HERE
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