Yobe State governor Hon Mai Mala Buni has distributed 300 Saudi Riyals to each of the 1,332 Yobe pilgrims in the Holy Land of Mecca.
The special adviser to the Yobe State governor on the Hajj Operation, Hon Baffa Maina, disclosed this to LEADERSHIP on Monday.
He disclosed the donation the governor made when he visited the Yobe camp in the holy land to interact with the pilgrims.
He described the governor’s gesture as a complement to the expenses incurred by the pilgrims during their stay in the holy land.
During the visit to the pilgrims’ tent in Muna, Hon Maina confirmed that the governor appreciated them for their good conduct in Saudi Arabia.
Maina commended the 1,332 pilgrims for respecting the authorities in Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.