The Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced N1,519,113.10, as hajj fare for intending pilgrims from state in 2019.
The Executive Director, State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muhammad Abu-Rimi, in a statement issued on Sunday by the board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Badaru Bello Karofi, urged the intending pilgrims ensure completion of their payment on or before May 31.
Mr Abu-Rimi also expressed the board’s appreciation for the state government support toward ensuring a successful hajj.
“The board has already gone far on our preparations for the exercise, we urge intending pilgrims to search for knowledge on how to perform an acceptable hajj,” he said.
The executive director said the board had organised educational and enlightenment programmes for the intending pilgrims on hajj rites and rules of the Holy land.
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