By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Chairman of the Edo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Sheikh Ibrahim Oyarekhua, has announced that 335 intending pilgrims have made payment to perform this year’s pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.
Sheikh Oyarekhua, who announced this during an interview with a national newspaper on the Board’s preparedness for the exercise, said total of “274 slots have been allocated to Edo State by the National Haji Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) but at the moment 335 have already made payment for this year’s hajj”.
According to him, the number of intending pilgrims that have made payment exceeded the slots given to the state by 61.
