Ogun State Government has commenced the refund of the 2021 Hajj fare to intending pilgrims from the state following the cancellation of the exercise for international pilgrims by Saudi Arabia authorities due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Dauda Salau made this known on Tuesday in a statement, and advised the intending pilgrims to visit the board’s Secretariat at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta with their international passports and payment receipts for the refund.
The chairman also called on those who wished to defer their Hajj deposits till 2022 to notify the board for proper documentation, with the assurance that their money will be intact, and encouraged Muslim faithful in the state to keep hope alive and pray that the exercise would be possible in 2022.
