THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), says 10,687 Muslim faithful are performing the 2018 Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Statistics made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by NAHCON on Friday in Abuja indicated that the pilgrims were transported between July 21 and Aug. 3.

Giving a breakdown of the figures, he said 6,477 of the pilgrims are males, while 4,210 are females.

In all, 10 states are participating in the pilgrimage with Kogi state having 446 pilgrims, Nasarawa 616, Kaduna 1,627, Kwara 1,111, Kano 2,132, Sokoto 1,304, Kebbi 1,275, Lagos 320, Adamawa 546 and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had 1,310 pilgrims.

NAN reports that Hajj is an annual islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims and a mandatory religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime.

Participants are adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey and can support their family during their absence. (NAN)

– Aug. 3, 2018 @ 13:09 GMT |