The Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Salau
Babatunde, while interacting with journalists in his office at Oke Mosan,
Abeokuta, said intending pilgrims seeking for a refund as a result of the
cancellation of the exercise should visit the Board's Secretariat with evidence
of payment receipts and other documents for the process.
Salau further stressed that it was permitted for those
willing to defer their hajj fare deposits till 2022 exercise to notify the
Board of their decision so as to have them properly documented.
Similarly, the Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on
Wednesday in Ilorin, the state capital, said it had concluded arrangements to
refund the hajj fares of those unable to undertake the exercise this year.
The affected persons are 1,700.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu
Ahmed, disclosed this during a telephone chat with some newsmen in Ilorin.
Ahmed, while describing the development as unfortunate, said
the board would refund the hajj fare to any interested intending pilgrim.