The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria and the Forum of State Executive Secretaries of Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, Agencies, and Commissions have jointly agreed to peg the minimum deposit for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage exercise at N4.5 million.
In a statement signed by NAHCON’s Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Fatima Usara, the Commission said the decision became necessary to be “in tandem with the Dollar rate that will determine the final cost of the coming Hajj”.
Usara said the Commission and its stakeholders reached the decision on the 5th of September 2023, following a post-Hajj meeting, where they agreed on the sum as a minimum deposit for intending pilgrims to be registered for the 2024 exercise
NAHCON said the reasons for the decision were so that the states could estimate how many pilgrims would be eligible by November 4, 2023, and that with the amount top-up, residual would be minimal by the time the final fare price is calculated.
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