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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has further extended his olive branch to this year’s hajj pilgrims by paying the $100 shortfall in their Basic Travel Allowance . The state’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, Olanrewaju Ibrahim Layode, disclosed this while addressing the last batch of pilgrims before they departed from Lagos.
Layode, who is also the Amir-ul-Hajj, told the pilgrims that immediately the attention of the governor was drawn to the development, he, in his kind-heartedness and magnanimity, approved the payment of the $100 shortfall for each of the 1,868 pilgrims pending the resolution of the matter by both the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria and Central Bank of Nigeria .
He also urged them to pray for Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat’s administration and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for peace, progress and tranquillity in the country.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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