Over 100 Intending Pilgrims to Miss Hajj Due to Fare Increase

Date: 2024-04-29

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.

Principal Private Secretary     Sulyman Tejidini     Young Progressives Party     Olushola Saraki     Stephen Fasakin     Bond     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Aisha Ahman Pategi     All Peoples Party     Bukola Saraki     Belgore     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Pakata Patriots     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     NIRSAL     Playing Host     Moro     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Kwara 2023     KWSUED     Bareke     Rashidi Yekini     Azeez Salawu     Balogun Ajikobi     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Ilorin Metro Park     Laolu Saraki     Ope Saraki     Tosho Yaqub     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Tunde Saad     Laduba     Dan-Kazeem     Otuka     Egbejila     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Olayinka Are     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Turaki Of Ilorin     Share     Falokun-Oja     Abubakar Lah     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Otoge     Yaru     Facebook     Ilorin Emirate     Salaudeen Oyewale     Hajj     National Information Technology Development Agency     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Ayedun     ASMAU PLAZA     Olokoba Sulyman     Ibrahim Taiwo     Olaiya Lawal     IDPU     Suleiman Mora Omar     Offa Grammer School     Najim Yaasin     The Herald     Kunbi Titiloye     Sheikh Alimi     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Abubakar Baba     Abubakar Imam     Niyi Osundare     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Oba Abdulraheem     Www.Kwarareports.com     Twitter     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Doyin Awoyale     Jumoke F. Ajao     Tinubu     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Emir Of Shonga     TESCOM     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Voices Of Tomorrow     Bayo Ajia     Kwara State Sports Commission     Saliu Alamoyo     Jamiu Oyawoye     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Bolaji Nagode     Boko Haram     Agboola Abdulraheem     Kunle Okeowo     Shonga Farm Project     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Presidential Election     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Pakata Development Association     Communication Network Support Services     Saad Omo\'ya     Shuaib Jawondo     Ibrahim Labaika     Kisra     Moshood Bakare     Local Government     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Rashidi Yekini     Iyeru Grammar School     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Wale Oladepo     Tafidan Kaiama     Binta Abubakar Mora     A.E. Afolabi     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Alao Ayotunde     Gwanara     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Isiaka Alikinla     Quran     Idris Garba     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ibrahim Oniye     Ganiyu Taofiq     KWASAA     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Rasheed Jimoh     CELF     Ohoro Of Shao     20 Billion Bond     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Federal Allocation     Budo-Egba     Modibo Kawu     Yahaya Dumoye     Esuwoye     Al-Hikmah University     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Bank Of Industry     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     IF-K     Rotimi Atere     Jimoh Bashir     Haliru Yahaya     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Logun     Yashikira     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Bolaji Abdullahi     Yusuf Abubakar     Toyin Saraki     Unilorin FM