LASG To Foot Y2025 Medical Hajj Screening Expenses

By Mohammed Adekola

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, to sponsored the compulsory medical screening for the State’s intending pilgrims embarking on a holy pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Hon. Olanrewaju Ibrahim Layode, during the flag-off of the medical exercise in Badagry Local Government Secretariat, Ajarah, Badagry, on Monday, April 21, 2025.

He stated that in fulfilment of the Governor’s directive that every pilgrim going for the tedious exercise from the State must be certified medically fit, doctors and other medical practitioners were drawn from General Hospitals across the state to carry out the exercise, adding that results would be released after the blood, urine and other samples collected from them must have been critically examined and analysed at designated general hospitals. He stressed that the results would confirm their true health status and help them to know how best to manage them during their stay in the Holy Land.

Hon. Layode, said the Mr. Governor and his deputy placed on the wellbeing of the pilgrims cannot be over-emphasised, hence, their decision to bankroll the screening to relieve them of the financial burden of paying for the screening after paying the huge Hajj fare of N8,784, 085.59k despite the present harsh economic situation in the country.

He said, “Mr. Governor and his deputy felt deeply concerned about the economic hardship in the country and decided to foot the bill of the screening to alleviate the intending pilgrims of the cost of the screening, which was N50,000.00 last year”.