The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has allocated 1,518 slots to Jigawa State for the 2025 Hajj, with the initial deposit also fixed.
Alhaji Ahmad Labbo, Director-General, Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Labbo, who spoke on Saturday in Dutse, the state capital, said that the board had so far distributed 70 percent of the total seat allocation to the 27 local government areas for sale to interested individuals across the state.
He added that the remaining 30 percent was reserved pending the exhaustion of slots allocated to each LGA.
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The DG added that intending pilgrims were expected to pay N8.4 million deposit pending the official announcement of this year’s Hajj fare by NAHCON.
Labbo, therefore, urged those who intended to perform the exercise this year in the state to endeavour to pay the deposit so as to enable the board to prepare early for the exercise.
NAN reports that the Hajj is an annual pilgrimage by Muslims to Mecca as part of the five pillars of Islam.
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