Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Babatunde Onipede, in Ado-Ekiti, Egbeyem noted that both the federal and state governments had stopped sponsoring pilgrims on holy pilgrimages to save funds for development purposes.
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This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year in office of Governor Ambode’s administration at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa.
The Lagos State Government on Monday initiated a Hajj Contributory Scheme for intending pilgrims in the state. It is meant…