The Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Board has taken prominent measures to facilitate the holy pilgrimage for the year by appointing fourteen members into its welfare board ad-hoc committee.
The Special Adviser to the Ogun State Government on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, disclosed this development in a statement.
The Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle and Tricycle Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Adebayo Apelogun, was appointed as the Amirul Hajj, while Shaekh Ishaq Olorungbebe will serve as the chairman.
The names of the other appointees include: Sheikh Lawal Iskeel (Sugar), Sheikh Shile Rufai, Imam Sabeeq Aladi Ibrahim, Sheikh Wasiu Raheem Balogun, Imam Abdul-Lateef Ismail Afolabi, TPL. Ogunfowora Kamoru Olayiwola, Alhaji (Imam) Hassan Tijani, Alhaji Hussein Oredipe Mustapha, Alhaji(Imam) Uthman Akewukanwo.
Akinmade further noted that Alhaja Alarise Korede Fausat, Alhaja Egunjobi Kafilat Aderonke and Alhaja Jinadu Zainab Iyabode were also committee members.
“They were being charged by the board to discharge their obligations diligently with high level of commitment to ensure comfort and safety of pilgrims from Ogun State,” Akinmade added.
