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Sanwo-Olu Pays Hajj Pilgrims’ $186,800 Fare

POSTED ON May 27, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
Lagos state governor, Sanwo-Olu Babajide/ Photo credit: Guardian


The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given out $186,800 to Hajj pilgrims to make up for the shortfall in the Travel Basic Allowance.

The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Olanrewaju Layode, said this while addressing pilgrims prior to their departure from the state.

According to a statement credited signed by the ministry’s Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Taofeek Lawal, about 1,868 pilgrims had $100 shortfall each due to forex instability.

The commissioner stated that although $500 had earlier been announced as a BTA for each pilgrim, this amount was later lowered by the Nigerian Central Bank and National Hajj Commission after many pilgrims, particularly those in the second batch, had received their allowance in full.

The statement partly read, “Honourable Layode, who is also the Amir-ul-Hajj, told the pilgrims that immediately the attention of Mr. Governor was drawn to the development, he, in his kind-heartedness and magnanimity, approved the payment of the $100 shortfall for each of the 1,868 pilgrims, pending the resolution of the matter by both NAHCON and the CBN.

“He also reiterated that Governor Sanwo-Olu, being a promise keeper, would keep his promises by paying the cost of the Hadaya (sacrificial) ram, ziyyarah (visitation) to historical sites in both Madinah and Makkah, as well as monetising the Ihram clothes for each of them. He urged them not to pay anybody for the aforementioned items.”

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