Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has concluded arrangements to refund over N95 million to 1,572 pilgrims who performed the 2023 Hajj exercise.

The board’s director-general, Ahmad Labbo, disclosed this in an interview in Dutse on Wednesday.

Mr Labbo said the refund was for some services not rendered to the pilgrims while in the Holy Land.

He said each of the beneficiaries would receive N61,080 through their bank account.

“This refund is for the 2023 Hajj exercise and the total amount to be paid is N95,156,680 in respect of 1,571 pilgrims. And if you divide the said amount by the number of the pilgrims, the refund stands at N61,080  for each of the 1,517 pilgrims that performed Hajj in 2023 from the state,” he said.

The board, he said, instructed zonal officers to obtain bank account details of the beneficiaries in their respective areas.

“This is what we are doing now, and as soon as we are through, all the 1,517 pilgrims from Jigawa will be refunded with the aforementioned amount,” he explained.

(NAN)