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Nigerians react as FG subsidises Hajj fare with N90bn

Summary by Daily Post Nigeria

Nigerians have faulted President Bola Tinubu’s government for releasing N90 billion to subsidise the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amid economic hardship. On Saturday, Daily Trust reported that the Nigerian Federal Government paid N90 billion to subsidise hajj fares. The report noted that the commission needed a N230 billion subsidy, but N90 billion was approved. DAILY POST recalls that NAHCON had, in December last year, fixed a…

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Nigerians react as FG subsidises Hajj fare with N90bn

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EXCLUSIVE: FG subsidises hajj fares with N90bn - Daily Trust

The federal government has released a sum of N90 billion to subsidise the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Daily Trust has learnt. An impeccable source within the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) revealed this to Daily Trust on Thursday. The source, who asked not to be named, noted that without this intervention, each of the intending pilgrims would have been requested to add at least N3.5 million to the initial fare w…

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