SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, (THEWILL) – Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo,on Saturday, will to flag-off the airlift of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2013 Hajj exercise at the Maiduguri International Airport in the Borno State capital,
Sambo is also expected to inaugurate the newly constructed ultra modern complex of the Borno State Pilgrims Welfare Board along the Airport road.
The vice president is on his second visit to Borno State this year and the third visit to the state since he became the nation’s number two man.
Special Adviser on Communications to Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima, Alhaji Isa Gusau, said in a statement on Friday that the governor “joins the Vice President in wishing Nigeria, a successful Hajj operation and wishes all pilgrims across the country, a safe trip and Hajj ‘Mabroor’ so that they attain the spiritual height that is desired.”
About 76,000 Nigerians are expected to be airlifted to Saudi Arabia during this year’s Hajj exercise with the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi, appointed as the Ameen Hajj by the Federal Government..
