Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has said 156 intending pilgrims will miss going to the Holy Land this year due to the excessive number of hajj seats sold by
The National Hajj Commission had allocated 6,144 seats to Kano but the commission sold 156 more seats.
The revelation was made by the director-general of the board, Alhaji Laminu Rabiu during a media chat yesterday in Kano. He said the officials behind it would be investigated and prosecuted accordingly after the hajj exercise. Rabiu appealed to those affected to be patient and promised to give them priority treatment in the next hajj.
Meanwhile, only 2,558 pilgrims have been airlifted to the Holy Land by the board as it awaits allocation of aircraft to the state by the National Hajj Commission in the next few days. “Kano State has been allocated 6, 144 seats. On resumption of duty after my appointment as the Director General, I found out that all the seats have been sold out by the then Secretary. I did not find any available seats.
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