Kashim Shettima stated this while flagging off the 2024 inaugural flight of Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia at Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport Birnin Kebbi.
Shettima who narrated the importance of Hajj in the life span of Muslims, noted that the Federal Government, under the leadership of Bola Ahmed Tinubu took the buck of the challenges before they could arrive at this year’s Hajj fares.
According to him, ” you may recall that last year,we had major challenge in arriving at the final Hajj fares of the 2024 pilgrims. Bola Ahmed Tinubu painfully took the buck to control the viral falling of our currency to relief the entire Nigerians.
“The move that eventually succeeded in arriving at the modest fare.
Tinubu approved the release of N90 billion to subsidize the cost of Pilgrimage for this year’s Hajj.
“Therefore,I urge you not to relent in praying for the success of this administration,for peace and progress of our country that we are all proud to call our mother land”.
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Shettima told pilgrims that with their collective prayers to their leaders,the country could be a better place because of the sacred nature of the holy land,Mecca and Medina,where they would be offering their prayers.
In his remark,the Sultan of Sokoto,Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, who commended Bola Ahmed Tinubu,his Vice-President,Kebbi State Government and NAHCON for making the inaugural flight possible in Nigeria, appreciated the former Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Saidu Nasamu Dakingari for constructing the Birnin Kebbi international airport.
Just take a look at what’s taking the front burner of a very serious country whose citizens are currently grappling to survive…. You can’t subsidize Petrol nor electricity nor subsidize education but would use a whooping N90b to Hajj subsidy? Expecting prayers to do the magic? No wahala…