The Executive Secretary of the board, Muhammad Abba-Dambatta, made the disclosure while presenting report on the 2019 Hajj operation to the state government on Tuesday in Kano.
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The ongoing transportation of Nigerian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia has been disrupted due to scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet A1) in the domestic market.
Muhammad Danbatta, Executive Secretary, Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, announced this in a statement made available to the 2019 National Media Team on Thursday, in Mecca.
The flight of pilgrims from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj entered its 11th day on Saturday with 13,107 already in Madinah for the yearly religious exercise.
The first set of intending pilgrims, 542, from Kaduna State have left Kaduna International Airport on Sunday for Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj, the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board of the state has said.
9mobile, a telecommunications network, on Monday announced it had launched cheaper rates for its customers travelling for this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia.