Nigeria has retained the 95, 000 slot allocation for pilgrims again in the 2020 Hajj. This was part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries recently.
The Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada signed the MoU on behalf of Nigeria while the Saudi Arabian Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr Saleh Bn Taher Benten signed on behalf of the Kingdom.
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