NIGER GOVERNOR APPROVES 200 DOLLARS EACH FOR PAYMENT OF EID EL KABIR SACRIFICE OF ALL ITS 3200 INTENDING PILGRIMS 10-05-24
By Sadiq Aminu Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger state has approved the release of two hundred dollars each for the payment of Hadaya Eid El Kabir sacrifice for all the three thousand two hundred intending pilgrims to this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia from the state.
This is aimed at reducing their hardship and ensure a hitch free and successful hajj, as without the sacrifice there will be no hajj.
Amirul Hajj of the state and Emir of Kagara Malam Ahmed Garba Gunna, Attahiru the second stated this while addressing Newsmen in Minna on their level of preparedness for the hajj.
Malam Ahmed Garba Gunna further explained that the state Governor also directed intending pilgrims from Niger state that have paid for the sacrifice through their Area Pilgrims Officer (APO) from twenty five Local Government Areas to go back and collect his or her money.
On the airlift of pilgrims from Niger state to Saudi Arabia for the hajj, he said for the first time in six years, intending pilgrims from the state are to be airlifted from Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport Minna this year.
Malam Ahmed Garba Gunna however commended the Niger state Governor Umar Bago for his untiring efforts at ensuring smooth rehabilitation and reconstruction of the airport that led to approval for commencement of the airlift in Minna.
Accoding to him the Niger state Governor has also given a matching order to officials of Pilgrims Welfare Board not to call any intending pilgrim to Tudun Fulani hajj camp for more than five hours to his departure time to avoid causing unnecessary hardship to pilgrims.
On feeding and transportation of it’s pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, the Niger state Amirul Hajj maintained that they will be fed twice a day as usual while buses will be used to convey them from their houses to the Haram, Ka”aba for daily prayers and advised them to pray for Niger state and Nigeria.