Federal Government Pegs $1 at N160 For Intending Pilgrims in 2015

 

As the Naira today crashes to 241 to the Dollar, the Federal Government has pegged $1 at N160 for intending pilgrims to Israel and Saudi Arabia in 2015.

 

Mr John-Kennedy Opara, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), made this new revelation.

 

Opara made this known in Abuja on Monday while briefing State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the commission.

 

He said that Buhari had agreed to continue to support both NCPC and the National Hajj Commission.

 

The executive secretary further explained that the President agreed to encourage the two religious bodies to become self-sustaining by making pilgrims to pay their pilgrimage bills and thus remove government’s sponsorship.