The Independent Hajj Reporters has called on governors across the country, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to renovate various Hajj transit camps in their states.
The IHR made the call in a press statement e-signed by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammad, and issued on Wednesday.
Muhammad specified that the move should be made ahead of the airlift of intending pilgrims for the forthcoming 2025 Hajj operations.
IHR said: “It is common knowledge that intending pilgrims spend several days at the various Hajj camps ahead of their airlift to Saudi Arabia, and information at our disposal indicates that some of the camps need urgent renovation to make them more comfortable.”
The CSO, however, singled out some governors, including those of Bauchi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Sokoto States, and Wike for undertaking extensive modernisation and renovation of the Hajj transit camps in their states.
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It acknowledged the government of Osun State for the promise to build a world-class permanent Hajj transit camp and urged the state government to complete the project before the 2025 Hajj exercise begins.
The statement reads in part: “In other Hajj countries, pilgrims’ education and enlightenment sessions are usually held in Hajj camps to allow pilgrims to experience familiarity and to also get acquainted with their first point of stay whenever Hajj airlift begins.
“We plead with the state executives to renovate and upgrade the facilities in their various Hajj camps before the Hajj airlift scheduled to begin within the last week of April this year.
“In addition, we know that the camps can be used for commercial purposes by erecting hotels and event centres that can generate revenue for the pilgrims’ welfare boards and the states in general.”
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