• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Hajj: Saudi Arabia Blames Logistic Challenges On Invaders

by Salifu Usman
2 years ago
in News
saudi arabia
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Faced with criticism, Saudi Arabian authority has blamed the invasion of illegal pilgrims at the religious site of Mina for the painful experience of shortage of tents and bed space suffered by the Nigerian pilgrims during the rigorous spiritual pilgrimage of the just concluded 2023 Hajj exercise.

Advertisement

The vice president of the Saudi’s company of Mutawwifs for African Non-Arab pilgrims, Badr Bafqih, disclosed this yesterday when the chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Zilkrullah Kunle Hassan led his management team, officials of the state pilgrims welfare board, agencies and commissions and representatives of the private tour operators to the head of office of the company in Makkah to demand for explanation for the horrible and painful experience Nigerian pilgrims were subjected to at the religious sites.

Bafqih said not less than 30 to 40 percent of unregistered pilgrims invaded Nigeria’s tents, causing discomfort for the 95,000 registered Nigerian pilgrims.

“In our tent this year for Nigeria was a huge number of hajjis and we tried to provide tents and spaces for all because they all came to perform hajj. But we discovered that there was invasion of illegal hajjis and the tent became very crowded. About 30 to 40 percent illegal hajjis invaded the tent in Mina and you know that the tents ware customised for the numbers that we agreed on,” Bafqih said.

On the issue of poorly cooked or shortage of food at the Nigerian tents, Bafqih said he will respond when he received the report of the feeding committee and contractors.

RELATED

Correctional Service, REA Sign Pact To Enhance Power, Vocations For Inmates

Correctional Service, REA Sign Pact To Enhance Power, Vocations For Inmates

1 hour ago
Fire Destroys 10 Shops In Adamawa

Residents Protest ‘Killing’ Of 20 Villagers In Katsina

1 hour ago

Earlier, chairman of NAHCON, Zilkrullah Kunle Hassan, expressed dissatisfaction over the inadequate tents and poor feeding of Nigerian pilgrims at Muna by the Saudi Arabian company and demanded for refund of their money for the poor service rendered by the company.

He said the Nigerian Hajj mission has been partnering the company for decades but henceforth they will not be interested in their service in providing food for the pilgrims at the Masha’er, saying it is only Nigerians that can prepare Nigerian dishes.

“If you use $100 to prepare food that I’m used to eat, it means you wasted your money. So, return the feeding at Masha’er to us, then you can regulate it. We have done it before, though, I’m saying it was perfect but not as worse as what we suffered just few days ago in Mina. We have grown enough to know how best to manage ourselves.

“We are going to write you and the relevant authorities in the kingdom on the feeding based on the complaints from our pilgrims and demand on their behalf for refund for the shortchange and poor food served them in Mina and Arafat,” Hassan said.

 


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel




Tags: Saudi Arabia
SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

Periodic Tariff Reviews: Stakeholders Address Need To Bridge Yawning Metering Gap

Next Post

Army, Enugu Community Differ On Alleged Killings By Soldiers

Salifu Usman

Salifu Usman

You May Like

Correctional Service, REA Sign Pact To Enhance Power, Vocations For Inmates
News

Correctional Service, REA Sign Pact To Enhance Power, Vocations For Inmates

2025/07/28
Fire Destroys 10 Shops In Adamawa
News

Residents Protest ‘Killing’ Of 20 Villagers In Katsina

2025/07/28
2027: Ex-Govs Fayose, Adebayo, Oni, Others Endorse Tinubu, Oyebanji For Second Term
News

2027: Ex-Govs Fayose, Adebayo, Oni, Others Endorse Tinubu, Oyebanji For Second Term

2025/07/28
Patients Stranded As Lagos Doctors Begin 3-Day Warning Strike Over Salary Deductions
News

Patients Stranded As Lagos Doctors Begin 3-Day Warning Strike Over Salary Deductions

2025/07/28
Japa: Medical Schools’ Bid To Double Students’ Intake Under Threat
Health

Nurses, Midwives To Begin 7-Day Warning Strike Tuesday

2025/07/28
Insecurity Threatens FCT Doctors’ Response To Emergencies —NMA
Health

NMA Gives Federal Gov’t 21-Day Ultimatum Over Unmet Demands

2025/07/28
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Correctional Service, REA Sign Pact To Enhance Power, Vocations For Inmates

Residents Protest ‘Killing’ Of 20 Villagers In Katsina

2027: Ex-Govs Fayose, Adebayo, Oni, Others Endorse Tinubu, Oyebanji For Second Term

Patients Stranded As Lagos Doctors Begin 3-Day Warning Strike Over Salary Deductions

Nurses, Midwives To Begin 7-Day Warning Strike Tuesday

NMA Gives Federal Gov’t 21-Day Ultimatum Over Unmet Demands

Makinde Allocates 1,000 Hectares Of Land To Curb Illegal Migration

By-election: Abas Urges Residents To Vote APC In Ibadan North

Residents Reject Oyo Govt’s Plan To Extend Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road

Nigeria Loses ₦17.9trn Yearly To Hepatitis — Minister

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.