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fewer than ten Nigerians in Saudi Arabia currently performing this
year’s hajj rites have been reported dead.Coordinator of the National
Hajj Commission in Mecca, Aliyu Tanko made this known on Monday. According to Tanko, over 50,000 Nigerian pilgrims have so far arrived
Mecca with virtually all them having performed the Umrah rites. The
reason for their death is still unknown at the moment. The coordinator,
however, advised pilgrims to always seek medical advice before embarking
on pilgrimage, warning them against exposing themselves to the harsh
weather in the Holy Land. Tanko said that the commission’s three clinics
in Mecca and those set up by the various state pilgrims boards provide
effective medical services to Nigerian pilgrims in Mecca.
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