The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has announced the distribution of the 2023 Hajj seats to the 36 State Pilgrims Welfare Boards, Agencies, Commissions, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Armed Forces.
The commission’s Assistant Director of Information and Publications, Mousa Ubandawaki, who made this known today, February 4, in a statement in Abuja, said that the decision was reached at the end of the Executive Committee meeting which ratified the allocations.
Ubandawaki gave the list of the seat allocations to the states as follows:
Abia 53
Adamawa 2,669
Anambra 39
Bauchi 3,132
Bayelsa 35
Benue 236
Borno 2,735
Cross River 66
Delta 74
Nasarawa 1,567.
Niger 5,165
Ogun 1,139
Ondo 436
Osun 1,054
Oyo 1,441
Yobe 1,968
Ebonyi 117
Edo 274
Ekiti 197
Enugu 40
FCT 3,520
Gombe, 2,300.
Imo 30
Jigawa 1,525
Kaduna 5,982
Kano 5,902
Katsina 4,913
Kebbi 4,871
Kwara 3,219
Lagos 3,576
Plateau 1,984.
Rivers 50
Sokoto 5,504
Taraba 1,590
Zamfara 3,083
Armed Forces got 543.
According to Ubandawaki, Kogi State allocation would be released after the conclusion of the ongoing review of its activities.
He said that the allocation of Akwa Ibom was suspended due to non-renewal of its operating licence.
He said that all the states are expected to remit payments of 50 per cent of the 2022 seats allocation to NAHCON before the February 10 deadline.
“The inability of any state to comply with the deadline date will lead to the reduction in the allocation to such state.”
Source: NAN.
