His Excellency Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR, the Executive Governor of Kano state was among the Muslim faithfuls who converged at mount Arafat on the 2nd day of this year's holy pilgrimage of Hajj in the outskirts of Makkah in Saudi Arabia.
The Governor also visited the Kano state pilgrims in their tents and prayed for Allah to accept their acts of worship and reward them with paradise.
Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje also expressed his delight for a very successful and hitch free Hajj exercise so far as well as the level of preparedness by Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board as each of the Kano pilgrims visited Madina upon arrival in addition to all other logistical arrangements that made the exercise a huge success.
The pilgrims on their part thanked the Governor for the visit and prayed for his administration and Kano state at large.
Salihu Tanko Yakasai
DG Media & Communications
Government House, Kano
September 11th, 2016