The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Alhaji Mala Musti, disclosed this at a news conference shortly after the state’s executive council meeting in Damaturu.

Musti said the council approved N127.1 million to cater for the operational expenses of 2019 Hajj.

This is in order to meet the deadline of May 30, for final remittance of 2019 Hajj fares by the state’s Pilgrims Agencies Boards and Commissions in Nigeria to National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (HAHCON).