The Jigawa Pilgrims Welfare Board said no fewer than 1,200 intending pilgrims in the state have made full payment of the ₦4.69 million fares for the 2024 Hajj.
This board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Murtala Usman, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Wednesday. Usman said the board was allocated a total of 1,518 slots by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for the 2024 Hajj, out of which 1,200 intending pilgrims made full payment.
According to him, the board is making efforts to ensure seamless exercise by improving on its previous operations. Usman added that the orientation programme for the intending pilgrims had commenced to prepare them for the proper conduct of the Hajj exercise following the teachings of Islam.
“The training focuses on obligations, tenets, and cardinal principles of the Hajj, thereby allowing the intending pilgrims to know proper and acceptable Hajj rites.
“The intending pilgrims are therefore advised to endeavor to attend the training given its importance,” Usman said.