NAHCON announces 2017 Hajj fares
NAHCON announces 2017 Hajj fares
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By Repnaija
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
(NAHCON) has commenced the announcement of the 2017 Hajj fares with a call on
relevant bodies to speed up the process of collecting and remitting same to the
commission.
The announcement was made at the ongoing state
Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare boards, agencies and commissions meeting at NAHCON
headquarters in Abuja.
At the time of going to press, six states of
Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Adamawa and Yobe had announced their hajj fares
to be paid by pilgrims.
While Nasarawa pilgrims are to pay
N1,544,894.16 for this year’s hajj, Niger pilgrims are expected to pay
N1,525,483.30, Kaduna, N1,535,503.68, Kano, N1,537,859.97, Adamawa,
N1,530,101.08 and Yobe, N1,520,101.18, respectively.
The packages include $800 general Basic Travel
Allowance (BTA).
An official of the commission however said the
packages exclude hadaya (sacrificial ram) fees which has been fixed at N38,000
for this year’s exercise.
The boards are expected to collect the sums
and remit same to Jaiz Bank Plc, which is the appointed bank for the collection
of the money.
Unlike the practice of uniform fares of the
past, the commission’s ongoing reform announced by the Chairman of the
commission Abdullahi Mukhtar Mohammed, shows that each of the 36 states of the federation
has different fares based on the services to be rendered to pilgrims and local
distance millage among other considerations.
