Alhaji Sheka Kamara, Special Assistant, Social Affairs, Office of the President; Nurideen Sanko Yilla, Special Assistant, Political Affairs, Office of the President; and Alhaji M. A. Bah, Minister of State, Office of the Vice President.
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Its Executive Secretary, Alhaji Dayyabu Garga, told newsmen on Tuesday in Jos that the intending pilgrims paid for the exercise in 2014 but did not travel because their monies “disappeared”.
Salame, who is also the Chairman, House of Representatives Special Committee on Nigerian-Saudi Arabian on Hajj, made the disclosure on Thursday in Sokoto.
The statement, titled: “Hajj fare hike: Don’t blame NAHCON,” reads in full:
This year’s hajj fare of N1.5 million announced by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been generating ripples. Prospective pilgrims have wondered why the fare is higher than that of 2016
The fruit, given to Nigerians who are on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia or obtained from the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Nigeria, has been marked either “Free” or “Not for sale”
The Muslim Rights Concern denounces the permission granted the accused in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, saying the trial judge has been misled
The state Chairman of the agency, Alhaji Bala Sakaba, made the announcement in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday
The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
The Head of Media of NAHCON, Alhaji Uba Mana, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
A statement signed by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammed, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna, said the gesture would allow more Muslims discharge their religious obligation
A local media reports that Saudi Arabia security forces were deployed in large numbers in the Jamarat Bridge, a multi-level structure in the desert valley of Mina, where the ritual is being carried out
The Muslim faithful gave the commendation in a Sallah message signed by their leader, Dr. Muhammad Ajah, and read by Malam Ibrahim Obiahu during a courtesy visit to Governor Dave Umahi in Abakaliki
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent reports that at least 77,000 Nigerians are taking part in the exercise, which is the peak of the hajj
No fewer than 717 Muslims lost their lives and 805 others injured in the stampede on the road leading to Jamarat (stone throwing site)
President Buhari said he believes that the stampede at Mina, in which a notable Nigerian journalist, Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, Prof. Tijjani El-Miskin and others lost their lives, is a monumental tragedy, not only for citizens of the countries involved, but for the global Islamic community
Saraki also called on Saudi authorities to review the safety rules governing activities around places where the hajj rites usually take place
Aregbesola, in a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Semiu Okanlawon, described the incident in Mina near Makkah as unfortunate, but one that happened according to the will of God who must be praised forever
The stampede occurred on Thursday, with no fewer than 717 persons confirmed dead
A Vanguard photographer, Lamidi Bamidele, was at the scene of the stampede
Another 805 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj’s last major rite