The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board said on Friday it has barred four pregnant women from traveling to Saudi Arabia for this year’s hajj.
“The affected women were detected during the mandatory pregnancy screening exercise,” Alhaji Nuhu Badamasi, the board Public Relations Officer, said in Kano.
Badamasi said pregnant women are usually not allowed to travel for hajj exercise because of its rigorous nature.
He advised female intending pilgrims, who are yet to attend the mandatory screening, to do so before the commencement pilgrims’ airlift.
He warned that female pilgrims, who refused to attend the ongoing pregnancy test, would not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia.
“There is no way they will escape the screening. If a woman refuses to go for it, there is another screening before boarding the aircraft at the airport,” he said.
He said the airlift of intending pilgrims from Kano would commence between August 6 and August 7.
NAN
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