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By MARYAM SULEIMAN BELLO, Kaduna
Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has appointed Malam Salihu S. Abubakar as Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency with all the powers vested in the Executive Secretary of the Agency.
The Secretary of the Special Committee on 2024 Hajj will serve as the Administrative Secretary of the Agency.
The rest of the committee members will perform the functions of Board Members of the Agency.
In a statement issued yesterday, Sunday, December 10, 2023, Muhammad Lawal Shehu, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said the appointment is to ensure the success of the 2024 Hajj operations.
Abubakar is to take over from the Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Dr Yusuf Yakubu Arrigasiyyu, who has been redeployed to Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA) as Managing Director.
