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Pregnant Women Excised From 2009 Hajj
10/31/09
Pregnant Women Excised From 2009 Hajj
By Lateef Lawal
Pregnant women from Nigeria will not be allowed to perform this year's Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. In addition, passengers on the hajj flights to the holy city will also not be allowed more than 50 Kilogrammes of luggage(40kg checked-in; 10kg hand luggage).
These restrictions on muslim pilgrims were disclosed yesterday by the country's Amirul-Hajj and head of the Federal Government of Nigeria delegation to the 2009 Hajj Operations, Senator Kanti Bello while speaking with aviation journalists in Lagos on the progress of the ongoing airlift of pilgrims to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj. ( Continues below.... )
According to Senator Kanti, these measures were put in place to ensure that the country was not made a subject of ridicule by other nationals who would be converging in Saudi for the exercise. Pregnant women for their safety are not allowed to perform hajj due to the physical stress involved. He said whoever was airlifted due to an oversight and later discovered to be pregnant would immediately be deported back to Nigeria.
Kanti said the era of indiscipline in the hajj exercise was over as his committee would not tolerate any form of misbehaviour or not adhering to the rules guiding the hajj exercise. He said Chairmen of States Pilgrim Boards, have been acquainted with the rules so as to ensure hitch-free operations, and would be on alert to ensure that pilgrims do not abscond to remain in Saudi Arabia after the exercise is over.
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