Nigerian Pilgrims Stranded In Saudi Arabia
No fewer than Fifty Thousands pilgrims among those who participated in this year‘s Hajj pilgrimage are stranded in the Saudi Arabia,according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria(NAHCON).
The Commission‘s Head of Media,Alhaji Uba Mana,said that the pilgrims who are scatterred across Meccah,Medina and Jedda,have no money and not certain when they will catch their flights back home.
NigerianeEcho gathered that the commission has just been able to bring back home only Fourty-Nine Thousands pilgrims as at yesterday.
Alhaji Mana,however, blamed the development of misfortune about flight schedules of the airline operators in the country.
He assured the affected pilgrims that necessary actions would be taken to arrest their ordeals.