The State’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, made the pledge in a statement issued Monday, stating that government would also meet with the NAHCON officials and Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board.
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Alhaji Abbas Egwu, Chairman of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, made the pledge in Abakaliki when he led a delegation on an Eid el-Fitr homage to Gov. David Umahi.
This was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Salau Babatunde, on Monday.
The Overseer, Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Malam Sani Musa, has died in a motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja Highway.
Leme told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo on Monday that 177 of the pilgrims were sponsored by the state government and 37 by local councils.