MECCA—GOVERNOR Umaru Bago of Niger State has tackled the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, over alleged poor treatment of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

Bago, in a series of posts on social media, yesterday, alleged that the commission is not providing enough food for pilgrims in the Arabian country.

The governor asked NAHCON not to force Arabian food on Nigerians, adding that some people are “falling sick”.

He said: “NAHCON has no business in chartering flights; it is not their business to feed the pilgrims because of the food.

“For example, I am from Niger State. If you allow me to feed pilgrims, I will be able to trans-ship foods that people are locally used to, to Saudi Arabia to feed my own pilgrims.

“I will be able to get a Kitchen that will feed my pilgrims from what they are used to, not to come and give them slices of bread or boil egg and people are starving.

“We have different cultures; you cannot force the Arabian Cuisine on our people and that is why they are falling sick.”

On the need for the private sector to drive operations of pilgrimage, Bago said: “If NAHCON must exist, then they should strictly be a regulator but as I have told you, I am leading committees of Governors to the NGF, from there we go to the NEC. I will propose this motion, and we will send a bill to the National Assembly where issues of this NAHCON should be reviewed.”

He also wondered why pilgrims got only $400 after subsidy was paid by the Federal Government.

He said: “What is $400? Somebody paid N8 million to you, NAHCON, and you come and give them a stipend of $400 to run themselves for 1 month? There is no reason why Hajj operations should last beyond 2 weeks.

“You bring pilgrims for 40 days; you leave them here, some 45 days, it’s ridiculous, because of racketeering in airlifting, in handling of cargo and other things.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/nigerian-pilgrims-starving-in-saudi-arabia-gov-bago/

Omo na waaaa this kind of government in Nigeria and their people sef.

Firstly, you don't have money to go serve your god in Mecca, secondly, the government that sponsored you, also don't have enough money to even provide food sef!

This people don Carry Ebi pa won go Mecca ohhh. Kudos to Gov Bago for calling this out!

So what?

Nigerians in Nigeria are ALSO starving.

Let everyone get their share of the Renewed Hope.

Who send them message?

Na by force to go??
This is now looking more like a curse than a blessing to our budget

It doesn't make any economic sense in anyway and from any perspective

Make Christians self no go Jerusalem

Both Jesus and Mohamed no dey there, so who Dem dey go there to greet

Omo ehn

More like a deep strain on our FX, thus making govt Job of stabilizing the economy and FX difficult!

Only those who can fund their pilgrimage should go and let them prove it by sourcing their own USD.

DevilsEqual:
Na by force to go??
This is now looking more like a curse than a blessing to our budget

It doesn't make any economic sense in anyway and from any perspective

Make Christians self no go Jerusalem

Both Jesus and Mohamed no dey there, so who Dem dey go there to greet

They wan go stone 😈 for Asiwaju naaa. You hear wetin that muric man talk?
Too bad Ebi pa won follow them enter Mecca!

GreyWolf01:
Who send them message?

Toh...... People wey never eat bellefull dey go stone 😈 .. no be juju be that so?

Namaster:
So what?

Nigerians in Nigeria are ALSO starving.

Let everyone get their share of the Renewed Hope.

Hunger dey every where, even the Yoruba Muslim man that was killed by Hausa Okada Ridders in broad daylight in Lagos was hungry too

Are Nigerians not starving at home?
What are they doing in Saudi Arabia? They should return home then

This can only be a big fat lie. During Hajj, the kind of CHARITY every where is second to Ramadan. Infact I don't advice people to take food stuffs with them during Hajj because it's so surplus from the host who beg pilgrims to accept their kind gesture. BigkokoRep

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that one look well feed naa. I heard he dey obtain those abokis, naim they change am for am onto nothing go happen! True true nothing dey happen Ohhh!

Coolsperm:
Hunger dey every where, even the Yoruba Muslim man that was killed by Hausa Okada Ridders in broad daylight in Lagos was hungry too

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Omo this Ebi pawo no be hear ohh. He don follow Nigerians enter Mecca!

EmeeNaka:
Are Nigerians not starving at home?
What are they doing in Saudi Arabia? They should return home then

So you mean Gov Bago of Niger state is lying or you think it's propaganda. No let abokis catch you ohhh. They fit use dagger on you and ride on your dead body like that Yoruba miscreant in Lagos.

By the way, you want them to depend on begging? Shame no dey catch una?

Zxcvbnmghtr:
This can only be a big fat lie. During Hajj, the kind of CHARITY every where is second to Ramadan.

BigkokoRep:
So you mean Gov Bago of Niger state is lying or you think it's propaganda. No let abokis catch you ohhh. They fit use dagger on you and ride on your dead body like that Yoruba miscreant in Lagos.

By the way, you want them to depend on begging? Shame no dey catch una?

Is that why Igbos have not been happy. Can't you see threads after threads full of them complaining , saying if to say na dem Yorubas for don dey kick dem like football all over. But since na aboki Yorubas no care and he dey pain dem Igbos say why. Na only we Igbos, Yoruba dey kick like football anytime we Igbos misbehave.

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8Million ti wo igbo..

I m saying they should starve for God and do it as sacrifice for Nigeria. Those in Nigeria sef dey starve here!
They should starve in peace!
Misplaced priority country and people.

BigkokoRep:
Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that one look well feed naa. I heard he dey obtain those abokis, naim they change am for am onto nothing go happen! True true nothing dey happen Ohhh!

The people that silently called Lagos no man's land and they are walking the talk as our noisy landlords look helpless and as scared as a chicken.. >

BigkokoRep:
So you mean Gov Bago of Niger state is lying or you think it's propaganda. No let abokis catch you ohhh. They fit use dagger on you and ride on your dead body like that Yoruba miscreant in Lagos.

By the way, you want them to depend on begging? Shame no dey catch una?

No bros the era of killing Afonjas with dagger has gone, now they simply catch them like chickens after much flogging, tie them up like goats and ran them over with their Okada.. Lagos is truly noans land >

My dear na Aunt Remi I dey pity for because that fatwa still dey her head ohh. These abokis fit vex one day go pluck am and our sophisticated Ronus no go dey shit...

kaltonga:


No bros the era of killing Afonjas with dagger has gone, now they simply catch them like chickens after much flogging, tie them up like goats and ran them over with their Okada.. Lagos is truly noans land >

Asiwaju asked Nigerians to sacrifice for NIGERIA, maybe our northern brothers should start it from there!

Padipadi:
I m saying they should starve for God and do it as sacrifice for Nigeria. Those in Nigeria sef dey starve here!
They should starve in peace!
Misplaced priority country and people.

Omo starve for NIGERIA, then go Mecca go battle shatan on behave of Asiwaju, still dey starve. How they wan take stone 😈 sef?

If we can force Arabian dressing culture on our women why not food

Let them continue. Going to a desert to stone a devil you left in your house is a madness

My own is why can't they sacrifice for NIGERIA as Asiwaju advised us to?

The 😈 devils in Nigeria is far worse than what they will encounter in Mecca!

osuofia2:
Let them die. Going to a desert to stone a devil you left in your house is a madness

Who send them message?

This pilgrimage should be scrapped
Waste of public funds

BigkokoRep:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/nigerian-pilgrims-starving-in-saudi-arabia-gov-bago/

Omo na waaaa this kind of government in Nigeria and their people sef.

Firstly, you don't have money to go serve your god in Mecca, secondly, the government that sponsored you, also don't have enough money to even provide food sef!

This people don Carry Ebi pa won go Mecca ohhh. Kudos to Gov Bago for calling this out!

Were they forced to go?