The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Wednesday directed intending pilgrims from the territory who have made part payment to complete their payment by Monday or risk losing their slots.
The director of the board, Malam Abubakar Adamu Evuti, who gave the directive at a press briefing in Abuja, said intending pilgrims who deposited N2, 500,000 have up till Monday, May 8, to balance up to N2,919,000 as approved by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for this year’s exercise.
He said as of the April 21 deadline earlier set by NAHCO, a total of 3,651 intending pilgrims completed their payments and the board had proceeded with the process of securing their visas, adding that as soon as the portal is opened, it would commence the application and printing of the visas for the pilgrimage.
He further said the board had concluded arrangements for the screening of intending pilgrims to ascertain their health status and capability of performing the hajj.
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“The exercise will commence on Friday, May 5, 2023, with intending pilgrims from Bwari Area Council and headquarters, follow by those from Abaji, Kwali and Gwagwalada area councils on Saturday, May 6.
“Those who registered through Kuje and Abuja municipal area councils as well as those who registered under the Hajj Savings Scheme will be screened on Sunday, May 7,’’ he said.
Malam Abubakar Evuti also stated that the inoculation exercise which, would enable the board to secure the yellow card for this year’s intending pilgrims, will be conducted simultaneously with the final phase (practical) of the education and orientation exercise on Saturday, May 13 to Sunday, May 14.
While assuring intending pilgrims of the best services ever in the hajj exercise, the director said the board had already secured befitting accommodation for the intending pilgrims around the Hafair area in Makkah which is of short distance from the Masjid al-Haram.
He commended the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola and Director, Human Resources, Mallam Muhammad Bashir, for their support to the board.
