{"id":447996,"date":"2011-06-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/hajj-don-wants-10-years-ban-for-old-timers\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T06:00:00","slug":"hajj-don-wants-10-years-ban-for-old-timers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/hajj-don-wants-10-years-ban-for-old-timers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj: Don wants 10 years ban for old timers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n<span id=\"fullgist\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Umar Labdo of the Kaduna State University has suggested that any Nigerian who has performed the Hajj once should not be allowed to do so again for 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Labdo, who teaches Islamic studies in the university, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said the suggestion became necessary because of the increasing demand by some states for additional seats during the yearly pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia \u201cwhich cannot be met\u2019\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>NAN reports that the Saudi government admits only two million people from around the world for the yearly Hajj, so as not to over-stretch available facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of the number, Nigeria is allocated 95,000 seats which is shared among the states and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last year, the Saudi government introduced a policy which restricted the performance of Hajj by any Nigerian to once in five years to give opportunity to first timers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the implementation of the policy was deferred to 2011 following the plea by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria that it would disrupt preparation for the 2010 Hajj.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Labdo said that since it was not possible for the Saudi government to increase Nigeria\u2019s quota to meet states\u2019 requests for more seats, the only option was to impose a ban.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anybody who has performed Hajj once should not be allowed to go again until after 10 years, to allow those who have not performed Hajj before to do so,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The injunction is that one should perform the Hajj once in his or her life time \u201cif he or she can afford it,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Labdo said that if one performed the Hajj once and \u201cdoes it properly, he or she should feel fulfilled and give room to first timers\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He advised those who sponsor the same people to Hajj every year to invest their money in the education of the children of such people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you sponsor somebody to Hajj once, if you still want to help him or her, invest in his or child\u2019s education,\u201d Labdo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lecturer noted that many man-hours \u201care lost whenever a civil or public servant, who is not a first timer, goes on Hajj every year,\u2019\u2019 adding that the government should do something about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.punchng.com\/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20110627453259\" title=\"Hajj: Don wants 10 years ban for old timers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hajj: Don wants 10 years ban for old timers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dr. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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