In preparation of the 2025 Hajj exercise, the Federal Capital Territory Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has asked intending pilgrims to make payments of N8,400,000 as an initial deposit.
This was contained in a statement signed on Thursday by the Board’s Chief Information Officer, Ahmad Saleh, on behalf of the Chairman, Mallam Abubakar Adamu-Evuti.
According to the statement, intending pilgrims were to make the payments at any commercial bank via bank draft and submit the drafts at respective area offices of the Board in the six Area Councils of the FCT.
Saleh also pointed out that the Board did not accept cash deposits or registration by proxy, adding that pilgrims would be attended to on a first come, first served basis.
The statement reads as follows: “The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board wishes to inform the general public, especially the intending pilgrims who wish to perform the next year’s Hajj through the Board, that it has commenced the registration of intending pilgrims for 2025 Hajj exercise”.
“The prospective intending pilgrims are to deposit a minimum of Eight Million and Four Hundred Thousand Naira (8,400,000.00) only via a bank draft from any commercial bank in favour of the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abuja, to be registered”.
The prospective intending pilgrims are to submit the bank drafts to the Board’s respective Area Officers at the six Area Councils in the FCT. The prospective intending pilgrims are to note that the Board does not accept cash deposits and does not entertain registration by proxy. It strictly adheres to the principles of first come, first served basis.”
For the 2024 Hajj, which commenced on July 15th 2024 and ended on August 15th 2024, out of a total of 51,477 pilgrims, 2,491 pilgrims from the FCT participated.
