Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has donated 300 Saudi Riyals to each of the more than 3,000 Bauchi pilgrims in the holy land of Mecca.
The governor’s spokesperson Alhaji Mukthar Gidado, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Bauchi.
Gidado said Governor Mohammed made the donation when he visited Bauchi camp in the holy land to interact with the pilgrims.
Three hundred Saudi Riyals is equivalent to N75,000.
Gidado said the gesture by the governor was to compliment the expenses incurred by the pilgrims during their stay in the holy land.
He said Governor Mohammed, during the visit to the pilgrims’ tent in Muna, praised them for their good conduct in Saudi Arabia.
“Governor Mohammed commended them for respecting the authorities, both in Nigeria and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“He assured that his administration would not relent in supporting the state pilgrims’ welfare board in order to provide best services to pilgrims,” he said.
Gidado also said the state government would partner the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to address some of the challenges being experienced by the state’s Hajj commission in the hold land.
He said the governor expressed his profound gratitude to the pilgrims for their prayers for the success of his administration and urged them to sustain the tempo.
