How we disbursed N76 million to Kaduna pilgrims – Chairman

The Executive Chairman of Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Salihu S Abubakar,  has revealed that N76 million  was  realised from the  overseas speech differentials of pilgrims’ Basic Travelling Allowances(BTA).

A connection issued by Governor Uba Sani’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ibraheem Musa  on Friday, recalled that the equivalent of the N76 cardinal has been disbursed to Kaduna   pilgrims, wherever each of them received    123 Saudi Riyals arsenic refund.

The connection added that the  Executive Chairman of the Agency made the explanation   in an exclusive interrogation with prime broadcast journalists successful Makkah on Thursday.

According to Malam Salihu, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria(NAHCON) had earlier pegged the $500 Basic Traveling Allowance of each pilgrim astatine N1,143 per dollar, amounting to N721, 500 per pilgrim.

‘’However,  the worth of naira had appreciated arsenic astatine the clip of the airlift of pilgrims; erstwhile the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) was giving  pilgrims their BTAs,  naira  exchanged  for N1,350.74 to a do...