Hajj 2022: Saudi Arabia allots 43,000 seats to Nigeria

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allotted 43,000 seats to Nigeria to perform the 2022 Hajj, RELIABLESOURCENG.COM has gathered.

A source who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday, said the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) was working on an official statement on the development.

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The allotted number is just about half the usual figure – 95,000 – allowed the country for the yearly religious ritual.

No fewer than 150,000 intending pilgrims are said to form the backlog for 2020 and 2021 and a fraction of the 2019 intending pilgrims that could not perform the exercise, due to the coronavirus pandemic.