FOREIGN EXCHANGE, CAUSE OF HAJJ FARES HIKE – NAHCON
source: http://www.eyesoflagos.com/2018/02/foreign-exchange-cause-of-hajj-fares.html

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria says it is still computing cost of various components that make up the total package of the 2018 Hajj fares.
Eyes Of Lagos gathered that, The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, stated this at a one-day sensitisation and enlightenment campaign for 2018 Hajj pilgrims and Ulama, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the commission approved N1.5 million as the 2017 Hajj fares and fixed $800 as the Basic Travel Allowance for all pilgrims.
The approval followed the appearance and defence of the proposed fares by all the state pilgrims welfare boards and agencies.
However, the 2017 Hajj fare was not uniform across all the states, unlike in the previous years, for instance NAHCON approved N1, 544,894.16 for Nasarawa State; N1,525,483.30 for Niger and N1, 535,503.68 for Kaduna State.
Muhammad, however, said the commission had directed State Muslim Welfare Boards, Agencies and Commissions to collect deposit of the same amount paid in 2017, before NAHCON would finish computing the total fare for this year’s Hajj.
He assured that the commission would consult all stakeholders and relevant government agencies before agreeing at a cost of each component of the Hajj fare.
He said: “Right now, we are trying to compute the total cost of the 2018 hajj fares but before that we have directed state pilgrims boards to collect deposit of N1.5 million as paid during 2017 Hajj.
“If after computing the cost we arrive as N1.5 million that is all, but if it is lower or higher than the deposit collected we will explain to the public as usual.”
He said the U.S. dollars constituted 98 per cent component of the Hajj fare because NAHCON used dollars to pay for all services that would be rendered to pilgrims.
He appealed to Ulamas (Islamic clerics) to assist the commission in education intending pilgrims on new Saudi Arabian policies on Hajj and Umrah in order to bridge information gap.
The executive chairman said clerics had a role to play in ensuring hitch-free Hajj operation not only in the areas of education and enlightenment of intending pilgrims but also have a duty to ascertain their character and decency.
He said as part of measures to curtail incidences of absconding, NAHCON had introduced guarantorship and endorsement form by Jumma’at Imams to ascertain that any person traveling for Hajj would not abscond.
According him, it is only Jumma’at Imams that will sign and endorse the forms to stand as guarantors of intending pilgrims.
The NAHCON boss advised Imams to sign and endorse forms of persons who have no questionable characters, saying “If you stand as a guarantor of anybody that abscond you will be arrested”.
Muhammed said: “If you are not sure of the character of any intending pilgrims that comes to you to endorse his or her forms don’t approve it.
“Make sure you know somebody who knows him very well and who can attest to the fact that the person will come back because before you endorse his form.”

The way govt de take sponsor this Muslim Hajj, Christian pilgrims don't get half of it

D

Waste of money.

Who is going to stop this religious tourism embarked upon by Africans?

Some of them can easily use the N1.5m to boost their business or help their relative. But they won't, they have been hypnotized

voiceoftheupcom:
FOREIGN EXCHANGE, CAUSE OF HAJJ FARES HIKE – NAHCON
source: http://www.eyesoflagos.com/2018/02/foreign-exchange-cause-of-hajj-fares.html

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria says it is still computing cost of various components that make up the total package of the 2018 Hajj fares.
Eyes Of Lagos gathered that, The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, stated this at a one-day sensitisation and enlightenment campaign for 2018 Hajj pilgrims and Ulama, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the commission approved N1.5 million as the 2017 Hajj fares and fixed $800 as the Basic Travel Allowance for all pilgrims.
The approval followed the appearance and defence of the proposed fares by all the state pilgrims welfare boards and agencies.
However, the 2017 Hajj fare was not uniform across all the states, unlike in the previous years, for instance NAHCON approved N1, 544,894.16 for Nasarawa State; N1,525,483.30 for Niger and N1, 535,503.68 for Kaduna State.
Muhammad, however, said the commission had directed State Muslim Welfare Boards, Agencies and Commissions to collect deposit of the same amount paid in 2017, before NAHCON would finish computing the total fare for this year’s Hajj.
He assured that the commission would consult all stakeholders and relevant government agencies before agreeing at a cost of each component of the Hajj fare.
He said: “Right now, we are trying to compute the total cost of the 2018 hajj fares but before that we have directed state pilgrims boards to collect deposit of N1.5 million as paid during 2017 Hajj.
“If after computing the cost we arrive as N1.5 million that is all, but if it is lower or higher than the deposit collected we will explain to the public as usual.”
He said the U.S. dollars constituted 98 per cent component of the Hajj fare because NAHCON used dollars to pay for all services that would be rendered to pilgrims.
He appealed to Ulamas (Islamic clerics) to assist the commission in education intending pilgrims on new Saudi Arabian policies on Hajj and Umrah in order to bridge information gap.
The executive chairman said clerics had a role to play in ensuring hitch-free Hajj operation not only in the areas of education and enlightenment of intending pilgrims but also have a duty to ascertain their character and decency.
He said as part of measures to curtail incidences of absconding, NAHCON had introduced guarantorship and endorsement form by Jumma’at Imams to ascertain that any person traveling for Hajj would not abscond.
According him, it is only Jumma’at Imams that will sign and endorse the forms to stand as guarantors of intending pilgrims.
The NAHCON boss advised Imams to sign and endorse forms of persons who have no questionable characters, saying “If you stand as a guarantor of anybody that abscond you will be arrested”.
Muhammed said: “If you are not sure of the character of any intending pilgrims that comes to you to endorse his or her forms don’t approve it.
“Make sure you know somebody who knows him very well and who can attest to the fact that the person will come back because before you endorse his form.”

pilgrimage every year yet nothing has ever changed about their lives


they are taking advantage of the corruption in the system

see as they be like prisoners sef

Who pilgrimage travel help

Using taxpayer funds to fund pilgrimage. What a scam!

This rubbish practices by our government has got to stop... Religious activities should be funded from interested individual pockets and not from government pockets.



Religion has always been a chain holding us back in this country... We're highly religious but less productive as a nation.

1.5m to saudi arabia

abeg if naija government wan organize tour to australia.. Like how much den go charge

Why will the government continue to pay for people spiritual life, if any individual wants to go on pilgrimage it should be at cost and not the government. Look at the huge budget figures for a journey that will not improve the economy.

I shock when d man wey do tiles for our house go mecca. Dis na man wey no get hin own house,car,and his kids dey go govt primary school. Some pple no just get sense

After spending almost 2m to visit the Holy land, most of them still come back to do evil even after seeing the wonders of God.

Govt should stop sponsoring this hajj Cos they aren't giving the right people who are TRUE believers. They play politics with it and waste state funds on evil people.

ha

Alhamdulillah, those hypocrite up there saying tax payers money is used to sponsor hajj pilgrims need to have their brains examined before they enter market.

free2ryhme:


pilgrimage every year yet nothing has ever changed about their lives


they are taking advantage of the corruption in the system

see as they be like prisoners sef

You are calling people who can afford 1.5m for pilgrimage prisoners?
I vet if you have half of that amount your condition would've been better. I'll need to see the pictures of your par***s to compare

kabawa:


You are calling people who can afford 1.5m for pilgrimage prisoners?
I vet if you have half of that amount your condition would've been better. I'll need to see the pictures of your par***s to compare

they can afford it and still live in mud houses

I don't understand how people are screaming government sponsorship, who told you guys that its the government that sponsors every pilgrim? I've been to hajj myself and no bloody govt sponsored me, I sponsored myself.
Those that are sponsored are mostly the ones that are close relatives or friends of govt officials. So pls stop having the myopic view that every pilgrim is sponsored with taxpayer's money because that's not true.

*modified*

I understand that the govt do actually subsidize pilgrimage, enough of the mentions pls.

kabawa:
Alhamdulillah, those hypocrite up there saying tax payers money is used to sponsor hajj pilgrims need to have their brains examined before they enter market.

Ah. You’re either one of those benefitting from this daft subsidy or an official who steals money from the fund.

Either way, you display severe intellectual poverty.

carinmom:
I don't understand how people are screaming government sponsorship, who told you guys that its the government that sponsors every pilgrim? I've been to hajj myself and no bloody govt sponsored me, I sponsored myself.
Those that are sponsored are mostly the ones that are close relatives or friends of govt officials. So pls stop having the myopic view that every pilgrim is sponsored with taxpayer's money because that's not true.

Don’t be silly. Everyone knows that lots of pilgrims sponsor their own journey. That is the scenario everyone wants. But there's also no denying that lots of pilgrims either travel on Govt subsidy, or have their Forex subsidized to ridiculous levels.

I mean, it's in the Budget...billions of Naira set aside for pilgrimage...the vast majority of which is expended on Hajj. Where do those billions come from? The moon?

You're literally making up an argument nobody has put forward just to argue about it and deflect from real criticism of the waste of state resources on what should be a personal spiritual pilgrimage.

nony43:
The way govt de take sponsor this Muslim Hajj, Christian pilgrims don't get half of it

What is Christian pilgrimage?

Copy oshi

The places you people are even doing pilgrimage to,
They don't like you
They hate you
They hate dark-skinned people
They are racist
They hate Christians
They hate Jesus
The population of Christians in Israel is not even up to 5%.

carinmom:
I don't understand how people are screaming government sponsorship, who told you guys that its the government that sponsors every pilgrim? I've been to hajj myself and no bloody govt sponsored me, I sponsored myself.
Those that are sponsored are mostly the ones that are close relatives or friends of govt officials. So pls stop having the myopic view that every pilgrim is sponsored with taxpayer's money because that's not true.

My sister it is true. Our govt do subsidize hajj which totally haram as far as islam is concern but those evil people we call scholars or cleric today have made haram to be halal.

Taliban government wasting tax payers resources on morons. I thought they said hajj is for those that can afford it,why should the government waste people's money on deluded adventures?

Lol, funny how our government sponsor this religion tourism but could not subsidize or make fx available at an affordable rate!

carinmom:
I don't understand how people are screaming government sponsorship, who told you guys that its the government that sponsors every pilgrim? I've been to hajj myself and no bloody govt sponsored me, I sponsored myself.
Those that are sponsored are mostly the ones that are close relatives or friends of govt officials. So pls stop having the myopic view that every pilgrim is sponsored with taxpayer's money because that's not true.

It is true, government partially sponsor pilgrim with the special exchange rate given to those embarking on the pilgrims (tourism)

carinmom:
I don't understand how people are screaming government sponsorship, who told you guys that its the government that sponsors every pilgrim? I've been to hajj myself and no bloody govt sponsored me, I sponsored myself.
Those that are sponsored are mostly the ones that are close relatives or friends of govt officials. So pls stop having the myopic view that every pilgrim is sponsored with taxpayer's money because that's not true.

It is true, government partially sponsor pilgrim with the special exchange rate given to those embarking on the pilgrim(tourism)

Why should the government have a hand in people's personal spiritual/religious affairs?
Only folks who can afford Hajj should go, look at how these holy lands are fleecing y'all.
Religion is evil.