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The Borno government said Saturday that it
spent about N500 million toward the successfu
The state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah
Mustapha, made this known in an interview with
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makkah.
Mustapha, who was the leader of the state’s Hajj
Committee said that the money was used to
secure good accommodation for the state
pilgrims, as well as ensure good welfare for
them.
He said that the state government provided a
subsidy of 300 Saudi Riyals to each of the 2,645
pilgrims to enable them to perform the hadaya
(slaugthering of animals during the Hajj).
The deputy governor added that the state
government had remained steadfast in ensuring
hitch-free Hajj in the past four years in spite of
prevailing security challenges.
He thanked Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and Gov.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State for their
assistance to the state during the transportation
of Borno pilgrims to the Holy Land.
He said “we are appealing to the Federal
Government to reopen the Maiduguri
International Airport.
“We want the Federal Government to assist us
by reopening the airport so as to avert the
difficult situation the state found itself,
especially the risky movement of pilgrims from
Maiduguri to Jigawa and Kano for the airlift to
the Holy Land.’’

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/borno-spends-n500m-hajj/

What are we saying?

How best do we hope to catch up with our counterparts on development when a vast percentage of our earnings are being channeled into religion?

I bet there exist hundreds of roads that ought to be tarred with that huge sum which was wasted on some moronic hajj.

I see no change coming until we come to terms with who we truely are and learn to put religion in its proper place.

500m aint beans really.

Muslims that want to go to hajj should sponsor themselves,christians that want to go for pilgrimage should do the same.....we waste money in Nigeria,imagine Borno state where its people are refugees,jobless and dying

nedu2000:
Muslims that want to go to hajj should sponsor themselves,christians that want to go for pilgrimage should do the same.....we waste money in Nigeria,imagine Borno state where its people are refugees,jobless and dying

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Chai... Waste of public fund... This money would have been invested in education... Its high time govt stops funding any religious program in this country...

Waste of money, money that can be used to invest in education is the 1 they are using for hajj that is why countries like American and Canada would always be ahead of us in terms of technology and advancement they invest their money in education and technology we invest our own money in religion. we lack priorities in this country.

This is the height off stupidity, very soon they will sponsor youths to join ISIS. Mtscheww

nedu2000:
Muslims that want to go to hajj should sponsor themselves,christians that want to go for pilgrimage should do the same.....we waste money in Nigeria,imagine Borno state where its people are refugees,jobless and dying

Agreed, kudos to Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who has put an end to this practice in his state - instead he is now channeling the money towards developing state institutions and infrastructure.