The airlift of Nigerian Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj 2017 will begin on Friday, July 30.
This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, spokesperson, Uba Mana.
The commission disclosed that it has started processing visa for
about 40,000 intending pilgrims that have so far completed their
payments in various states of the federation.
“All states are urged to immediately commence the inoculation of
intending pilgrims and issuance of Basic Travel Allowance, BTA”, Mana
noted.
He also called on all intending pilgrims wishing to travel for the
2017 Hajj to complete their payments to their respective States before
the Saudi E-portal for visa approval is closed.
The states with the highest number of registered pilgrims are Kaduna
6,335, followed by Niger with 4,129 while Zamfara, Kano and Sokoto each
has about 3,000 pilgrims.
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