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.
Ilesha-Gwanara Teachers Specific Allowance Ilorin South EFCC Neo Mundo Ltd Kwara State Branch Of The National Library Elerin Of Adanla Irese AbdulHamid Adi Afusat Nike Ibrahim Hausa Nigeria Governors\' Forum Lawyers Unite Against Corruption Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development Offa Descendants Union Saka Onimago Aro Yahaya Police Commissioner Segun Olawoyin Sun Qing Rong Kayode Yusuf Nnazua Tunji Olawuyi Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Forgo Battery Odo-Owa Saka Isau Isiaq Khadeejah Ayinde Oyepitan Isiaka Oniwa Grillo AbdulGafar Tosho Garba Ayodele Wahab Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Iyaloja-General Ahmed Mohammed Rifun Razak Atunwa Pakata Development Association Ayodele Shittu Nurudeen Muhammed Vasolar Afetu Of Alabe Shonga Farm Project Saudat Abdulbaqi Aliyu U. Tilde Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah KWASEIC Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Taibat Ayinke Ahmed Ajidagba Ahman Pategi Olokoba Sulyman Rebecca Bake Kwara Basketball Association Eleja Surajudeen Akanbi Yekini Adio Adebara Code Of Conduct Tribunal Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Fulani IFK Face Masks Ayoade Akinnibosun BIR Ayobami Seriki Ajeigbe Eleja Taiwo Banu Ajikobi Orire Olatunde Olukoya Abubakar Imam IF-K Quareeb Bello John Olanrewaju Ado Bayero Balikis Jawondo Alanamu

