The commissioner said the state would not provide additional pilgrims, adding that the arrangement had been concluded on the comfortability of the number.
The secretary also urged all intending pilgrims to come along with evidence of their payments to the board’s office.
Mr Yusuf said the fare was set by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
The commission’s assistant director of information and publications division, Fatima Sanda-Usara, said this in a statement on Wednesday.
The governor also spoke on the need for the commission to establish a realistic benchmark for Hajj fares.
He said that a committee had been inaugurated to ensure a hitch-free refund exercise.
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has pledged more refunds for the poor services rendered to the 2023 Hajj pilgrims.
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.
Ismaila Musa, a pilgrim from Plateau, has died in Makka, Saudi Arabia.
