The Kwara State Pilgrims Welfare Board has said that more than 100 intending pilgrims from the state will miss this year’s Hajj exercise.
The agency’s executive secretary,
Alhaji AbdulSalam Abdulkadir, disclosed this 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) has increased the fare for the 2024 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
by N1.9 million, saying those who had deposited N4.9 million will now pay N6.8
million in total.
NAHCON said the development was due
to the forex crisis which Nigeria has been battling for months.
Abdulkadir said the state Ameerul
Hajj, Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, while urging for patience, assured the
pilgrims that they would be airlifted from the state this time around.
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