President Muhammadu Buhari has approved
a special exchange rate for this year’s
Christian pilgrimage to Israel.
The Executive Secretary, the Nigerian
Christian Pilgrims Commission, Mr. John
Kennedy-Opara, disclosed this to State
House correspondents shortly after briefing
the President of the commission’s activities
inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Kennedy-Opara said Buhari has approved
the rate of N160 to $1 for those who will
take part in the exercise.
He said, “The President has approved $1 to
N160 for the conventional exchange rate for
this pilgrimage operation and he also
agreed that he will continue to encourage us
particularly as we drive to ensure self-
sustenance, to make sure that the pilgrims
are able to pay for the pilgrimages after
removing government sponsorship.
“This is a journey and we are sure that we
are going to succeed. So the President was
very happy with the entire process.
“We are praying that God will help us to be
a source of strength to Mr. President, so
that the Federal government and states will
spend the necessary resources on other
things while the pilgrimage is self-funding
as time goes on.”
Kennedy-Opara said the President was
happy with commission after his
presentation.
He said the commission was already running
four different kinds of pilgrimages in one
year.
He listed them to include Easter pilgrimage;
the youth pilgrimage tagged “Operation
catch them young”; the family pilgrimage
and the main pilgrimage.
He said those going to Israel for the 11 days
trip will pay N379,840, while the youth
pilgrimage will cost N357,000.
“The beauty of what we are doing is that we
have added skill acquisition. In other words,
people who go on pilgrimage can undergo
the skill acquisition programme organised
by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims
Commission and Ministry of Agriculture,
Israel to train our people in the area of
agriculture.
“We are also introducing the pilgrimage pilot
lottery scheme that will enable people who
are lucky to be able to go on this trip
without much dependence on the state and
the Federal Government,” he added.


http://www.nigerianeye.com/2015/07/buhari-approves-special-exchange-rate.html?m=1

Alright

So dollar don dey get subsidy also