The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, made this known at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja.
Browsing: Nigerian pilgrims
This is contained in a press statement signed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’s Head Media Team, Madina, Suwaiba Ahmed, on Tuesday.
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has urged state pilgrim welfare boards to collect N4.5m as deposits from 2024 hajj pilgrims, Daily Trust reports.
Rev. Pam also stressed that Nigerians visiting Israel for pilgrimage should be treated with respect and dignity like pilgrims from other countries.
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Saturday in Makkah, warned Nigerian pilgrims and their officials against displaying political symbols during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
The operators, mainly Nigerians resident in Madinah, transact their businesses in secret as they approach pilgrims in their hotels in groups or individually to introduce the business deal.
Opara told the News Agency of Nigeria in Tel-Aviv that the restriction in the Sinai area was in the interest of all prospective pilgrims and that he was in Israel to meet with the relevant authorities on the matter
Other pilgrims who led in different prayer points included Governor Jonah Gang of Plateau Stae; the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akin Adesina; the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Federal Capital Territory, Rev. Israel Akanji; and Hon. Ndudi Elumelu