Kaduna disqualifies 8 pregnant women from participating in 2016 Hajj

Garba Ahmed |31st Aug 2016 | 2,674

The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board (KSMPWB) has disqualified eight pregnant women from performing this year’s Hajj.

The Head of the Media Team, Kaduna State Hajj Officials 2016, Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero, disclosed the disqualification of six while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna.

Additional two were discovered by the Medical Team and disqualified before the departure of the last flight same Tuesday.

•Photo shows pilgrims boarding a flight to depart for the Hajj.

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