Nigeria: Farmers Form 90 Percent 2017 Intending Taraba Pilgrims - Official

Farmers constitute more than 90 per cent of the 1,260 intending pilgrims from Taraba that have so far deposited fare for the 2017 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, an official of the state pilgrims board has said.

In interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo on Friday, Umar Leme, the Executive Secretary of the Board, disclosed that the farmers had already deposited N912 million while awaiting the official pronouncement on the hajj fare for this year.

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