Gov Sule Seeks Relief For Intending Hajj Pilgrims Over N1.9m Fare Hike

The Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule visited the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, Jalal Ahmed Arabi at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja.

Governor Sule was at the commission to explore ways of intervention in ensuring intending pilgrims from Nasarawa State and the country at large are able to perform the Hajj in the face of an increase announced by NAHCON in a statement released on Sunday by the commission’s spokesperson, Fatima Sanda Usara.

The Commission also set March 28, 2024 as deadline for intending pilgrims to make their payments.

It attributed the increase in fare to the foreign exchange crisis rocking the country. NAHCON had initially pegged the fare for this year’s pilgrimage at N4.9m, but the commission is now asking those who have paid the initial amount to add a balance of N1.9m raising the amount to N6.8m.