LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT REFUNDS 145 FORMER SUBSCRIBERS OF EGAN HOUSING ESTATE
admin The Lagos State Pilgrims Welfare Board has concluded arrangements for the return trip of the 1,869 pilgrims that performed this year’s Holy pilgrimage through the state.
Amir-ul-Hajj and Commissioner for Home Affairs Ibrahim Layode, during an engagement in Makkah, said 188 pilgrims, comprising elders, those with health issues and the ‘Lagos International Pilgrims’ from USA and Europe, departed today, June 23, on the same flight with pilgrims from Kebbi State.
Layode stressed further that full flight operations would continue on Monday, June 24, with the second batch and this would run on ‘first-in, first-out basis.
“This means there would not be preferential treatment for any pilgrim, except if occasion warrants it,” he noted.
The commissioner added that the status quo would remain until the last batch of pilgrims are airlifted back home.
