This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Senator Abbas Iya
Browsing: pilgrimage
It was gathered that the members departed on Sunday to Jordan on account of the popular prophet who has been in the business of empowering and giving massively to the society.
The decision serves as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Despite heavy downpour, pilgrims from Adamawa, Kogi and Niger States on Tuesday defied the cold to climb to the Mount of Transfiguration to pray for Nigeria and its leaders.
Dreadful but inevitable for all, yet we hardly pray for it. Some referred to it as necessary end, while others say it brings all humans irrespective of our inequality equal.
The Minister, Religious and Chieftaincy Affairs of Ghana, Samuel Dzamesi, made the remark on Thursday in Abuja during a reception organized by the commission.
Uja made this known at a dinner on Thursday hosted by NCPC in honour of the Ghanaian delegation led by Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Republic of Ghana, Samuel Dzamesi, in Abuja.
Alhaji Badaru Bello, the Board’s Public Relations Officer told the News Agency of Nigeria in telephone interview on Thursday that the pilgrims were transported in three flights.
It said that it was for pilgrimages to the respective holy lands for Muslims and Christians.
Elder Kisira called on Christian faithful to take up the challenge and desire a Holy Pilgrimage at least once in a lifetime, adding that the era of apathy and lukewarmness to the sacred religious obligation is gone
He said the waiver would go a long way to reduce the cost of the October/December pilgrimage.
Leader of the state’s delegation, Barrister Abraham Yisa, who spoke to newsmen on Wednesday in Minna, said the state will be among the eight states whose pilgrims would be going for pilgrimage in March after they missed out last year
The ministry’s website said he was being tested for Ebola, but did not say if the tests had concluded that he had the diseas
Though the Niger State Government claimed it has stopped the sponsorship of people on Holy pilgrimage to either Mecca or Jerusalem, but in 2013 it subsidized the pilgrimages by the faithful with over N1 billion
Elechi said that the sponsorship of such programmes was tantamount to the use of public funds to satisfy the wishes of a small section of the population
Other pilgrims who led in different prayer points included Governor Jonah Gang of Plateau Stae; the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akin Adesina; the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Federal Capital Territory, Rev. Israel Akanji; and Hon. Ndudi Elumelu
He, however, said the principle of first come-first to go would be applied for all the pilgrims irrespective of status
“It is a pilot scheme and it’s going to be a little bit less than a thousand this year and I know by next year many families will want to embark on this family pilgrimage
The controversy on Al-Bashir arose against the background of two warrants issued for his arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2009 and 2010. Al-Bashir is being accused of committing war crimes over the conflict in the old Sudan’s Darfur Province