National Hajj Commission has
allocated a total of 95,000 seats to the state
pilgrims welfare boards/agencies/
commissions, the armed forces and the
private tour operators for the 2017 Hajj exercise.
The 95,000 seats are an increase from the
76,000 overall seats that have been allocated
to Nigeria in recent years.
The breakdown of the allocation shows that
Ogun state was given 1,353 slots, Ondo 302,
Osun 917, Oyo 1,363, Plateau 1,348, Rivers
375, Sokoto 5,571, Taraba 1,457, Yobe 2,256
and Zamfara 4,496.
Others are Abia 62, Adamawa 2,097, Akwa
Ibom 60, Anambra 63, Bauchi 3,213, Bayelsa
81, Benue 390, Borno 2,786, Cross River 60,
Delta 107, Ebonyi 97, Edo 294, Ekiti 209,
Enugu 65, Federal Capital Territory 2,657,
Gombe 2,205 and Jigawa 2,677.
The rest are Kaduna 6,327, Katsina 4,930,
Kebbi 4,629, Kogi 838, Kwara 2,164, Lagos
3,957, Nasarawa 1,860, Niger 3,604.
The document also showed that the armed
forces got 497 seats while the independent and private
tour operators got 20,000 seats.
0 comments:
Post a Comment