Over 100 Intending Pilgrims to Miss Hajj Due to Fare Increase
According to a news report from the DAILY TRUST, more than 100 intending pilgrims will miss this year's Hajj exercise.
The agency's executive secretary, Alhaji AbdulSalam Abdulkadir, disclosed this on Sunday during a sensitisation programme held for the intending pilgrims.
He said the affected persons were those who could not complete the additional N1.9 million added to the hajj fare.
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) raised the fare for the 2024 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia by N1.9 million, resulting from the ongoing forex crisis in Nigeria.
Abdulkadir said, “95 per cent of the intending pilgrims this year are first-timers. However, we have over 100 outstanding pilgrims who could not make the additional payment of N1.9 million.”
Despite the challenges, the state Ameerul Hajj, Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, assures the pilgrims that they will be airlifted from the state this time around
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Elewu Olabode George Towoju Maryam Nurudeen CCEPE Arik Dairo Kunle Paul Tunde Oyawoye Maimunat Oniyangi Rotimi Oyedepo Apaola Moses Adekanye Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani Ado Bayero Kishira Kale Kawu Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Egbewole Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu John Mayokun Dada Taofeeq Olateju Unicontinental Construction Company Bursary Islamiya Abdulraheem Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Akorede Frootify Mohammed Saidu LEAH Charity Foundation Yusuf Abdulwahab Oluranti Idowu Baaziki Sulaiman Jimoh Akani Adewuyi Funmilayo Standard Organization Of Nigeria Oladimeji Thompson Gbenga Awoyale Yusuf Amuda Abubakar Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Eleyele Olaosebikan Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade Lanre Olosunde Ilorin International Airport Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Ilesha-Baruba Agor Market Pakata Aso-ofi Yakub Lai Gobir Pius Abioje Malete Sulyman Age AbdulKareem Radio SBS Kannike Saka Aleshinloye Edret Sabi Abel Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke New Nigeria People’s Party Earlyon Technologies COEASU Dogara Laduba Ilorin Innovation Hub Al-Adaby Sai Kayi Usman Yunusa Quranic Recitation Competition Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen Waziri Yakubu Gobir Nnazua Ilorin West Kwara State Football Association Ladi Hassan Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo Moronfoye Maryam Ado Bayero

