The states that have two pilgrims will face punishment - NAHCON The Pilgrims Welfare Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has threatened to impose...
The states that have two pilgrims will face punishment - NAHCON
The Pilgrims Welfare Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has threatened to impose sanctions on the Pilgrims Commission of some states and the authorities that allowed the pilgrims those who are pregnant have the opportunity to travel to the holy land for Hajj due to the high number of pregnant women who went to Saudi Arabia to perform the 2023 Hajj.
Sheikh Suleiman Momoh, the agency's commissioner for planning, research, statistics, and informational services, said this while responding to inquiries from media in Makkah.
Three of the nine women who were found to be pregnant during this year's Hajj among Nigerian women pilgrims gave birth, and one other woman also gave birth.
Sheikh Momoh, however, cleared NAHCON of all charges, claiming that state officials are to blame for the incident and will be held accountable for their acts.
"The panel will look for measures to punish the states that allowed expectant pilgrims to travel to Hajj when we get back to Abuja.
We shall consider what is required for these states and determine the appropriate sanctions. We have internal processes in place to address these problems.
Momoh declared, "We will tell Nigerians of any decision we make.
According to him, NAHCON conducted pregnancy tests on each pilgrim who submitted to the test, and two of the ladies were disqualified from performing the Hajj.
Based on the research, he said that the State Pilgrim Welfare Board's health officials had alerted state officials to the fact that some of the men were pregnant, but the executive secretary had disregarded the request and gave the pregnant women the go-ahead. the Hajj.
Suleiman highlighted in his statement that NAHCON will not permit the states to manage their own health systems independently and that such states will be identified and sanctioned accordingly.
One of the seven initially diagnosed pregnant women gave delivery via surgery when her fetus was seven months old, and she has since passed away, according to the head of NAHCON's medical staff, Dr. Usman Galadima, while the other lady is still alive. The strain of Hajj caused her tummy to burst.
He identified the states where seven women were born to female pilgrims, including Sakkoto (2), Katsina (1), Yobe (1), Adamawa (1), Kwara (1), and Platano (1).