The refund to the pilgrims arose from the downward price review the agency got from the company that it engaged to slaughter animals on their behalf.
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IHR in a statement on Sunday in Makkah said the transparency exhibited by the Kaduna agency was commendable especially coming at a time of too much secrecy surrounding the issues of payment of Hadaya services by pilgrims and its execution from some states. The CSO said the Kaduna officials deserve commendation particularly because, it realised that about 700 pilgrims who initially paid for the Hadaya ahead of their trip to Saudi Arabia are the ones to be refunded after foreign exchange differentials.
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