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Ogun begins preparation for 2018 Hajj

The Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board will as from this week begin the preparation for 2018 Holy Pilgrimage to Makkah and Medinah.
A release by the Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Abdul Hakeem Kalejaiye, indicated that the Hajj Screening forms would be available at Block B, New Secretariat, Oke-Mosan, from Monday November 13 to December 15, 2017 at the sum of N1,000.
According to Kalejaiye, the intending pilgrims are expected to obtain application forms of N10,000; pay a deposit of N1 million in not more than four instalments on or before January 31, 2018; pay laboratory tests fee of N4,500 on or before January 31, 2018; and pay insurance fee of N4,000 on or before January 31, 2018.
He added that all devout Muslims, who desired to participate in the 2018 Hajj operations through the Board should liaise with the Finance and Accounts Department of the Board, to ascertain the mode of payments.

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