Tinubu arrives Saudi Arabia for Umrah

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday night arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to carry out Umrah, the lesser hajj, and is anticipated to return to Nigeria subsequent week after finishing the non secular train.

The President’s plane landed on the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, the place he was obtained by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Yakubu Gambo, and the Saudi head of royal protocol, Ahmad bin Thafir.

Tinubu’s journey is his second go to to Saudi Arabia to carry out the Islamic pilgrimage since he assumed workplace as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023.

Tinubu arrives in Jeddah

The President’s arrival in Jeddah precedes his deliberate go to to Makkah, the holy metropolis the place Muslims carry out Umrah.

The pilgrimage includes a sequence of non secular rites undertaken by Muslims searching for non secular fulfilment and closeness to Allah.

Unlike Hajj, which is carried out throughout a selected interval within the Islamic calendar, Umrah could be undertaken at any time of the 12 months.

Tinubu is anticipated to finish the non secular train earlier than returning to Nigeria subsequent week.

Previous go to to Saudi Arabia

The President beforehand travelled to Saudi Arabia in November 2023, a couple of months after taking workplace.

That go to adopted his participation within the Saudi-African Summit in Riyadh, the place he additionally visited the holy metropolis and prayed for divine steering in main Nigeria.

The newest journey continues Tinubu’s engagement with Saudi Arabia, a rustic with longstanding non secular, diplomatic and financial hyperlinks with Nigeria.

Tinubu’s international journeys since taking workplace

Since assuming workplace, Tinubu has undertaken a number of international journeys for diplomatic engagements, worldwide conferences and different official actions.

Available figures point out that he has visited greater than 30 nations by way of over 50 distinctive and recurring journeys since changing into President.

His international engagements have included participation in worldwide summits and conferences with world leaders as his administration pursues Nigeria’s diplomatic and financial pursuits.

The President is anticipated to return to the nation subsequent week after finishing his Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.