Aregbesola approves refund of N28,500 each to 2017 Hajj pilgrims

Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has approved the refund of N28,500 each to 2017 Hajj pilgrims from the state for the services not rendered them while they were in the holy land.

The board chairman of Osun State Hajj Commission, Barrister Zikrullah Olakunle Hassan made this disclosure while addressing journalists in Osogbo, Osun State capital.

He maintained that the decision to refund the money to the pilgrims was borne out of the priority the incumbent administration attached to transparency and probity.

Hassan explained that the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) met with Saudi authorities over services that were not provided during the 2017, stressing that “after receiving money from the service providers and after reconciliation of each state account, the commission paid the money into the account of the state’s board for refund to the affected pilgrims.”

He, however, commended the state governor for his prompt approval of the fund, which would be paid all the concerned 2017 pilgrims on Wednesday, 19th, 2017.