ADAMAWA: 2019 Hajj fare reduced by N51, 000

Muslim pilgrims in Adamawa state will enjoy a N51,000 reduction from the initial 2019 Hajj fare of N1.510 million for the 2019 holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. This is as announced by the Adamawa State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board.

Umar Bobboyi, Permanent Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Board made this disclosure on Saturday in Yola, the Adamawa state capital.

The board, after a maiden meeting with the 2019 Hajj Technical Committee held on Saturday approved the N51,000 reduction from this year’s Hajj fare.

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Bobboyi stated that intending pilgrims from the state would now pay the sum of N1.459 million only which is the least in the country.

He said the board had arranged for an immediate refund of the difference to some of the intending pilgrims who had already completed payment of the earlier announced fares.

According to the executive secretary, the board has also extended the deadline for the registration of intending pilgrims for the 2019 Hajj to July 10.

He explained that the downward review of the fares was occasioned by the reclassification of land transportation routes to be used by Nigerian pilgrims in the holy land, and the reduction of their charges by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. Related

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