Kaduna extends payment of hajj fares by one week

The deadline for the payment of Hajj fares for intending pilgrims from Kaduna State has been extended by one week.

A statement issued to the Tribune Online and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Pilgrim board, Yunusa Muhammad Abdullahi disclosed that the new dateline for payment of the Hajj fares is Friday June 16.

The statement noted that the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board had earlier announced that, intending pilgrims who had failed to register before last Friday’s deadline, would forfeit their chances of going on the pilgrimage.

However, the statement posited that the deadline was extended following appeals by prospective pilgrims who had been unable to meet the initial deadline.

The Overseer of the Board, Imam Hussaini Sulaiman Tsoho urged intending pilgrims to make their payments as there won’t be any more extensions.

The Overseer also said that payment would enable the process of acquiring visa to commence and the need to pay the balance of the fare to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on schedule.

National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has recently approved a flat rate of N1,535,505 as the Hajj fare for Kaduna State intending pilgrims for this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia.

The Hajj fare was arrived at after computation of all hajj components, including accommodation in Makkah and Madinah. Registered pilgrims in the state have already made deposits of between N800,000 and N1.2m with the

Board.

About 6,327 intending pilgrims are expected to perform the 2017 hajj from the state.