This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muftau Okoya, in a statement signed by the Spokesman of the board, Jamiu Dosunmu.
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The board’s spokesman, Yunusa Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kaduna that the pilgrims were transported in 17 flights.
Alhaji Ibrahim Hashim, the Public Relations Officer of the board, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jigawa on Tuesday.
Obaseki gave the charge during a visit to the 260 intending pilgrims at the Hajj Camp on Dumez Road, Benin City.
Okoya, who made the announcement on Saturday in Lagos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, said two Med-view aircraft would airlift prospective pilgrims.
Alhaji Khaleel Fawehinmi, the board’s Chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Akure that the intending pilgrims should assemble at the board’s premises on July 30.
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
Pogba, who is a Muslim, decided to attend Umrah – which is a non-mandatory pilgrimage for people who follow Islam
The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
He said the introduction of instalment payment would also go a long way to encourage intending pilgrims to access money for the pilgrimage
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria says it will compensate pilgrims who could not get any service they paid for…
The Secretary of the agency, Okoya Adeniyi Muftau, stated after receiving the delegation of the Amirul hajj, led by Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, at Lagos House, Makkah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday
e said one of them hailed from Kano Municipal Local Government Area, while the other came from Gaya Local Government Area
Umar said each of the pilgrims would get 200 Saudi Riyals, which is about N18,000, and noted that the annual gesture was to assist the pilgrim who might likely exhaust their basic travelling allowances
Speaking at the pre-Arafat Stakeholders Meeting on September 8, NAHCON Chairman, Abdullahi Muktar, asked officials of state pilgrims’ welfare agencies to prepare their pilgrims for the return journey to avoid delay
NAHCON’s Commissioner of Operations, Alhaji Abdullahi Saleh, announced this during a pre-Arafat meeting with stakeholders in Mecca
The figure was released by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that a number of the pilgrims interviewed in Medinah said they have restricted their spending to only the basics
He said the state government was not able to sponsor pilgrims for the 2016 Hajj like in previous years due to the meagre resources accruing to the state
The state Amirul Hajj, Justice ldrees Haroon, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ilorin