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.
Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi Oko-Erin Isaac Aderemi Kolawole Olohungbebe Fola Consultant Ella Supreme Tissue Paper Ilorin Innovation Hub Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Yusuf Mubarak Post Utme Ojuekun Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman Abiodun Musa Aibinu Baba-Isale Olatunde Oyeyiola Temi Kolawole Kumbi Titilope Mansur Alfanla Okin Malt Olumide Daniel Ibitoye Raimi Iyanda Talaka Parapo Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd General Hospital, Ilorin KWTV IF-K Islamiya Abdulraheem Demola Banu National Information Technology Development Agency Kamaldeen Gambari Obuh Rebecca Olanrewaju Millennium Development Goals Olam Food Ingredients Galadiman Ngeri Abdul-Rahoof Bello Isiaka Alikinla Wahab Issa Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Suleiman Idris V.O. Abioye GANZY Okin Biscuits Ibrahim Mashood Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement Emir Of Yashikira Abdulkarim Adisa Ethical College Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi Okasanmi Ajayi BIR Turaki Mohammed Abdulahi Oko-Olowo Lafiagi Iponrin Segun Olawoyin Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Muhammad Yahya Mohammed Halidu Yakubu Dogara Olofa Of Offa CELF Frootify Moremi High School Najim Yaasin Muhammed Danjuma Kehinde Baale Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Rapheal Ashaolu Offa Alapado Bukola Ajikobi Yusuf Ali Salihu S. Yaru

