The Executive Director, state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Muhammad Abu-Rimi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Katsina while distributing the money to some of the pilgrims.
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The slots were granted at a ministerial meeting between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, where the Memorandum of Understanding for 2018 was presented, an event that kick-starts the processes of Hajj every year.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the pilgrims, who were on the ninth flight from the state, arrived Makkah at about 4pm on Monday.
However, the mortality rate for the 2016 Hajj has been put as the lowest in five years