AbdulRazaq names Jimoh as Kwara ameerul-hajj

Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday named popular historian and community leader, Alhaji L’Aziz Kolawole Jimoh as the leader of the state’s delegation to hajj for 2019.

“I have the honour to announce Alhaji Jimoh, elder statesman and a Muslim figure, as the ameerul-hajj for Kwara state for the 1440 AH (2019) hajj,” AbdulRazaq said in a statement by his spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye.

“We believe that Alhaji Jimoh will deploy his rich background as a Muslim leader, community elder and a custodian of the history of our people in the discharge of this important state duty,” the statement added.

The governor said the state government would offer necessary support for the state’s contingent to the Holy Land. He called on all the intending pilgrims to be good ambassadors of the state and Nigeria as a whole.