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.

Ayinde Oyepitan     Ojo Isekuse     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Al-Hikmah University     NaAllah     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Hassan Saliu     Maja     Niyi Ogundiran     Igosun     Ayobami Seriki     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Kwara NIPR     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Abioye Bello     John Mayokun Dada     Ashiru     Split Diamond Interchange     Kwabes     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ahmed \'Lateef     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Salihu Ajia     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Solomon Edojah     Sheriff Shagaya     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     SDP     Ilorin     Osi     AGILE Programme     International Aviation College     Omoniyi Ayinla     Ndakene     Saad Belgore     Awodun     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Niyi Osundare     Tafidan Kaiama     Mahe Abdulkadir     Borgu     Kayode Bankole     Rotimi Atere     Javed Khan     Press Release     Dogara     Okin High School     Ilofa     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Oko-Olowo     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Bola Shagaya     Nupe     Mohammed Lawal     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Shettima Of Ilorin     Firdaos Amasa     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Salman Suleiman     Fola Consultant     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Oba Abdulrahim     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Rasheed Jimoh     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Lanre Badmus     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     TIC     Idiagbon     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Jare Olatundun     Nigerian Army    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Hussein Oloyede     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Ibrahim Orire     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Kolade Solagberu     Makama Of Kaiama     Twitter     Hajj     Adebayo Salami     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Inside Kwara     Ahmad Uthman     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     T And K FOODS     Yekini Adio     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     AbdulRauf Keji     JUSUN     Amule Elementary School     Ajakaye     Umar Saro     Tosho Yaqub     KWATMA     Danladi     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     New Model Police Station     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Tuesday Assayomo     Abdulrazaq Akorede     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     AbdulHamid Adi     Babatunde Idiagbon     Dan Iya     Sardauna     Kamaldeen Gambari     Muhammadu Gobir     Moshood Bakare     Zainab Abass     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Doyin Group     Niyi Ogundiran     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Rueben Parejo     Makama     Charcoal     Universal Basic Education Commission     Salihu Ajia     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Wale Oladepo     Ayobami Akanbi     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Gbenga Awoyale     Balikis Jawondo     Saheed Akinwumi     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ibrahim Akaje     CLAY POT     Mary Arinde     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     TIC     Folorunsho Erubu     Elese Of Igbaja     Florence Saraki     Ladi Hassan     Ajayi Okasanmi     Flights To Ilorin     Ishaq Salman     11th Galadima     Sobi Hill     Facebook     Temi Kolawole     Oyelere Oyinloye