Senate urge Federal Government to give N200 to a dollar concession to christian and muslim pilgrims once every year

   

   The Senate has urged the Federal Government to give N200 to a dollar concession to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria  and the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission  once in every year.

    This was part of the recommendations by the Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Extortion of Pilgrims by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’’ presented by the Chairman, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu, at plenary.
   The committee recommended the concession to bring down the cost of the pilgrimages to a bearable level.
   In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said that the Senate must put an end to the money-making venture, because pilgrimage was a religious activity and should not be for money-making.