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NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by pittoilet(f): 3:18pm On Jun 29, 2017
The National Assembly will seek special dollar exchange rate for both Christian and Muslim pilgrims, a member of the House of Representatives (APC-Sokoto), Dr Balarabe Salame, has said.

Salame, who is also the Chairman, House of Representatives Special Committee on Nigerian-Saudi Arabian on Hajj, made the disclosure on Thursday in Sokoto.

He spoke at the maiden edition of the Stewardship Forum organised for both the state and national lawmakers by the state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in
collaboration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

The lawmaker said: ”The gesture is to lessen the sufferings of prospective
pilgrims and to enable more Nigerians to perform pilgrimage to in Saudi Arabia and Israel.

” The Federal Government gave an exchange rate of N360 to a dollar
this year and this is on the high side.

”This is why the 2017 Hajj fare for Muslim pilgrims soared to N1.52 million per prospective pilgrim.”

The lawmaker lauded the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration on the fight against corruption.

”Corruption is everywhere, even in the religion circle and more should be done to tame the socioeconomic monster,” he said.

Salame also lauded the efforts of the Federal Government in securing the lives and property of Nigerians.

He urged the government to establish warehouses at the nation’s borders for vehicle importers instead of outright ban on vehicles importation.

”With this in place, importers can bring in vehicles, pay the appropriate duties and move them into the hinterlands, rather than the outright ban of vehicles through the land borders,” Salame said.

Culled from NAN

http://www.looknaija.com/2017/06/nass-plans-seek-special-exchange-rate-pilgrims/

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Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by CROWNWEALTH019(m): 3:18pm On Jun 29, 2017
What's the economic importance of hajj, going to another mans country to throw stones .


How can you give forex to people going to Israel and mecca but no forex for education and businessmen

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Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by sanandreas(m): 4:27pm On Jun 29, 2017
If I were the president. All pilgrimage board would be dissolved. If u want to go to mecca or Isreal. The cost is on you. We should separate governance and religion.

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Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by pittoilet(f): 4:40pm On Jun 29, 2017
sanandreas:
If I were the president. All pilgrimage board would be dissolved. If u want to go to mecca or Isreal. The cost is on you. We should separate governance and religion.

Those in the government are the religious people so how can it be separated? No way if you may ask!

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Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by BlackMbakara1(m): 4:48pm On Jun 29, 2017
Useless priority...

Improving another man's economy with our scarce exchange rate.

Why can't they have special exchange rate for machinery, drugs, materials, fuel etc which will turn our economy around.

Every year they go Mecca and Israel, yet the hatred is alarming by the day...abeg wetin them they preach there? They come back and still remain the same looters or impoverished folks.

I'm tired of all these stupid bills or proposals that doesn't add any chain value to us either directly or indirectly.

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Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by Chiaka(f): 4:51pm On Jun 29, 2017
High time they waste energy on more progressive reasoning. They should discuss more on how to boost the economy instead of this spending spending mentality.
Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by Nobody: 4:56pm On Jun 29, 2017
sanandreas:
If I were the president. All pilgrimage board would be dissolved. If u want to go to mecca or Isreal. The cost is on you. We should separate governance and religion.
Exactly but some persons are gaining from it too
Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by seunmsg(m): 5:06pm On Jun 29, 2017
Absolute nonsense. We should be looking at creating a special pilgrimage tax for people who are rich enough to embark on religious tourism and not giving them incentive by way of special exchange rate. Traveling to Isreal or Saudi Arabia adds nothing to the morality of the pilgrims or the economy of the country, government should not subsidies it in any way.
Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by EvilMetahuman: 5:08pm On Jun 29, 2017
pittoilet:


Those in the government are the religious people so how can it be separated? No way if you may ask!
they are not religious

The army of zombies that elect them are the religious one.
Re: NASS Plans To Seek Special Exchange Rate For Pilgrims by sanandreas(m): 5:30pm On Jun 29, 2017
asuustrike2009:

Exactly but some persons are gaining from it too

Gbam

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