Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has approved the sum of N6.5 million minimum initial deposit for 2025 hajj from the state intending pilgrims.
This was disclosed in press release issued on Tuesday by the Information Officer, Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare, Board, Muhammad Yunusa.
The statement stated that, “the collection will commence Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
“The board has no option rather than to peg this amount considering the cost of 2024 hajj fare which amounted to the sum of over Eight million naira due to devaluation of naira against dollar.
“Imam Abdurrahman advised the intending pilgrims to pay above the minimum from N6.5M up to N8M so as to enable them easily settle the final fare when announce by the National Hajj Commissioner of Nigeria NAHCON.”
He reminded that all payment are made through bank tellers, noting that the board those not entertain cash payments.
On the mode of collection, the statement revealed, “those who are willing to perform hajj through local governments should collect a customised hajj bank teller from the Hajj affairs officer at the local government secretariat to pay the deposit and for the Board’s pilgrims (Bs1), the pay point has been transferred to Jaiz Bank.
“The intending pilgrims are therefore requested to enroll themselves under Hajj Saving Scheme HSS at the Jaiz Bank.”