Mahdi Shehu faults Kebbi govt’s N10bn Hajj loan plan as misplaced priority

Mahdi Shehu faults Kebbi govt’s N10bn Hajj loan plan as misplaced priority

Political commentator Mahdi Shehu has criticized the Kebbi State Government’s plan to grant a N10 billion loan to intending Hajj pilgrims, describing it as a misplaced priority in a state grappling with severe poverty and infrastructural decay. Posting on X on Monday, Shehu criticised the scheme. “The intending pilgrims will do better to perform one of the Hajj rituals; stoning the devil by stoning the person deceiving them with this Hajj loan, …