Hajj 2022: Oyo pilgrims In Medina Receive Travel Reimbursements

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Hajj 2022: Oyo pilgrims In Medina Receive Travel Reimbursements
All the travel allowances promised by His Excellency Engr ‘Seyi Makinde have been paid to the Oyo State pilgrims staying in Medina for Hajj 2022.
The Chairman of the State Pilgrim Welfare board (Muslim Wing), Professor Sayed Malik, told journalists at Olodo Hajj camp in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state.

Professor Malik said that all pilgrims were paid their travel allowances by the board officials in Medina.

“We have paid the traveling allowances of all the pilgrims from Oyo State. Even, those who earlier received half-payments have been paid their balances. We are no longer owing any of our pilgrims in Saudi Arabia”, Professor Malik stated.
He assured that as soon as more money is made available by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the traveling allowances of the intending pilgrims who are yet to be airlifted will be paid.

Professor Malik also appealed to intending pilgrims waiting to be airlifted to holy lands to be patient, stating that arrangements are being made to ensure that they are transported to Saudi Arabia very soon.

“We have secured an airliner that we want to use to transport our intending pilgrims the o Saudiisabia.

But the number of intending pilgrims that are on the ground is not enough for the plane to take off.

We have about 300 intending pilgrims can but they are too small for the aircraft which has the city to carry more than 500 people. So, the pilots are seeking more passengers to board the aircraft.

As soon as they have enough passengers, most especially intending pilgrims from another state, our intending pilgrims will be airlifted to the Holy lands”, Professor Malik explained.

The Chairman of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing) further assured that efforts are being intensified to secure visas for the intending pilgrims who are yet to get them

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