Press Statement
Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Board has maintained its earlier flight schedule of first-in first-out arrangement for conveying pilgrims from Saudi Arabia back to Nigeria.
Its Executive Chairman, Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo announced this in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He said: “Pilgrims will be transported back to Nigeria based on first-in first-out arrangement, meaning passengers onboard in the first plane will be the first to go back home.
“While passengers onboard in the last plane will be the last to be transported back to Nigeria.”
The executive chairman gave the schedule as follows: first flight would be on June 22, 2024, second flight June 23, 2024, third flight June 24, 2024, fourth flight June 25, 2024 and fifth flight June 26, 2024.
Others according to him, are; sixth flight June 27, 2024, seventh flight June 28, 2024 and eighth flight June 29, 2024 while the ninth flight would convey all the remaining pilgrims by June 30, 2024.
Signed:
Ahmed Idris,
Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor
21/06/2024.