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Lagos vaccinates 2,500 intending pilgrims
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The Lagos State Government has vaccinated over 2, 500 intending pilgrims in the state against COVID-19. They were vaccinated between March 27 – 28, 2021.
The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, who disclosed this on Sunday, noted: “As part of measures to ensure a successful pilgrimage exercise, intending pilgrims were screened both administratively and medically with COVID-19 vaccine administered to screened pilgrims.
“Over 2, 500 intending pilgrims were vaccinated with the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by the Christian and Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards in collaboration with the State Ministry of Health.
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“This was in fulfillment of the requirements for gaining entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the performance Hajj and Jerusalem Pilgrimages.”
The Lagos State Government says it received a total of 74 applications for naturalisation on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Home Affairs within two years. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Anofiu Elegushi, said this in Ikeja on Sunday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing to Commemorate the Second Year in
By Segun James
Lagos State Government has disclosed that it has registered over 400 money lenders in the last two years, just as it noted that it has also vaccinated over 2,500 intending pilgrims for the next hajj.
Making this disclosure at a ministerial press briefing to commemorate the second year in office of the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Press Centre in Ikeja yesterday, the state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, stated that the ministry is in partnership with the Money lending sector in a way that most of such organisations are mandated to register with the ministry for the coordination of their activities.
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• Receives 74 applications for naturalisation within same period
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Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, on Sunday, said it has registered a total of 400 money lenders across the state in the last two years, even as it confirmed the receipt of 74 applications for naturalisation on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Home Affairs within the same period.
The State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, made this known at a Ministerial Press Briefing marking the 2nd Year in the office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.
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