Saudi Hajj: Governor doles out N278 million to Katsina Muslim pilgrims

Governor Dikko Radda has gifted N278 million to Katsina pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

News Agency of Nigeria • July 3, 2023

Nigerian pilgrims used to illustrate the story [Photo Credit: The Guardian]

Governor Dikko Radda has gifted N278 million to Katsina pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

This was disclosed in a press statement on Monday in Katsina by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Malam Ibrahim Kaula.

According to him, Katsina’s Amirul Hajj and former state assembly speaker, Tasiu Musa-Maigari, disclosed this in Makkah on Sunday when he visited the pilgrims.

Mr Musa-Maigari further revealed that Mr Radda also urged the pilgrims to pray for the end of insecurity in Katsina.

The former speaker later announced the donation of 300 riyals (the equivalent of N6O,000) by the governor to each pilgrim as a feeding allowance.

The executive secretary of the Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Suleiman Kuki, expressed satisfaction with the responsible and decent conduct of the State pilgrims during the annual exercise.

In the entourage of the Amirul Hajj were former Deputy Governors Abdullahi Garba-Faskari, Abdullahi Garba Aminci, and the chairman of the board, Magajin Garin Katsina.

(NAN)

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