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Who Medina help ?

Had I known I would have been second to comment.

Ok

For a non beneficial, less economic and selfish purpose.

This government sef

Nonsense, How Foolish Ds Bastard s Are,I know non of them Will Even make Heaven...


Dey DE All Thieves, corrupted And Demonic

Are they maddddd abi nah madness




#2000/$1



Nobody said any one to go Jerusalem or macca

..Oh lord..


even when people are dying of hunger and starvation the best the govt could come up with is subsidising religious tourisms thereby enriching the already rich countries at the detriment of her citizens .. shm !


is it a course to be a Nigerian



Restructured Nigeria would've addressed these anomalies
.

OK.
kindly make it $1 to #1 for pilgrimage

Useless people

This is just sickening. Instead of working towards ensuring government totally hands off matters relating to pilgrimage they are rather trying to increase government's intervention.

Bunch of psychos.

Someone should please inform that bigoted illiterate up there the word "pilgrims" isn't exclusive to Islam. Tell him Christians too go on pilgrimage.

CROWNWEALTH019:
Who Medina help ?

who Jerusalem help gan

....and how much exchange rate for importer of goods? I call on thunder, to mix with small lightening, and fire all the SINators that came up with this jamboree spree. Na who mecca and Jerusalem, epp?

Total nonsense...They should buy at the rate we are all buying .

This is the sole reason why we would never get it right in this country. One minister is crying they want to stop foreign production, now a senator is saying they should give 200 Naira to a dollar...of what important significance is it to the country?

I thought salvation is personal? Since when has it become a national concern?

Another way to steal the scarce dollar...

Misplacement of priority.

Jengem:
The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Government to give N200 to dollar concession to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) once in every year.

It said that it was for pilgrimages to the respective holy lands for Muslims and Christians.

This was part of the recommendations by the Committee on Foreign Affairs on “The Extortion of Pilgrims by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’’ presented by the Chairman, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu, at plenary.

The committee recommended the concession to bring down the cost of the pilgrimages to bearable level.





The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Senate had in a motion on June 7, urged the Federal Government to review downwards, the 2017 Hajj fare.

Part of the 10-point recommendation by the committee was that the Federal Government should hold discussions with Saudi Arabia authorities.



Sunmonu said that the consultation with the Saudi government was to review the 50-50 carriage of pilgrims between Nigeria and Saudi Arabian airlines.

“This is with a view to providing opportunities for more indigenous Nigerian airlines to participate in the Hajj operations. This will give Nigeria varieties in choosing the air carrier.


“The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria should expedite action on the establishment of Hajj Savings Schemes in compliance with Section 7(1 and 2) of the NAHCON Act.

“The Nigeria Government and its economic team must do everything possible to improve on the Nigerian monetary policy which would expectedly guarantee a long-time stable relationship of the Naira with other currencies,” she said.

Sunmonu noted that 98 per cent of the entire Hajj operations were dollars-denominated with only two per cent as naira content.

In his contribution, Sen. Ali Wakil (APC-Bauchi) said that there was need for an ad hoc committee to look into the matter of feeding and transportation of the pilgrims.

He called for the restoration of Amirul Hajj to serve as checks and balance between Nigeria and Saudi.

In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said “we passed the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and based on it, we have passed what should be the exchange rate which is N305 to a dollar.

“We should make laws that are truly going to guide our people because we have MTEF which says the exchange is N305.

“If with passing MTEF nobody should be given N200, but businessmen are getting N200, then, definitely pilgrims deserve N200 as well,” he said.

Saraki said that the Senate must put an end to the money-making venture, because pilgrimage was a religious activity and should not be for money-making.

“We will put an end to these leakages,’’ he stated.


The Senate accepted the recommendations but rejected the one requesting NAHCON to ensure improved feeding for Nigerian contingents to all designated points, insisting that feeding should be left to the pilgrims. (NAN)


http://www.herald.ng/senate-wants-n200-dollar-rate-pilgrimages/

...and manufacturers are suffering just to import equipment. I think government should start subsidising the cost of importing production and manufacturing equipments

How has all these pilgrimages helped Nigeria? Anyone that wants to go to Rome, Israel or Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage should not be given any FOREX consideration, if I can not afford the prevailing rate why should others subsidize me?

NASS needs a MOAB...

Bukola saraki and his fellow sinators are appealing to Nigeria's greatest sentiment called religion. I guess they want people to see them as good.

Mad men instead of them to close this multiple exchange rate nonsense they are entertaining more demands. Every financial expert has said this policy is stupid. We only need 1 exchange rate. What does it matter if your a business man, have kid's abroad, pilgrim etc.

The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Government to give N200 to dollar concession to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) once in every year.

Why not focus on reducing inflation murdering your purchasing power.

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The ogas in the government will use this opportunity to collect enough dollar at N200, then enter black market to sell them at N355.

i
do the maths, that's 82.5% profit.
for doing nothing.


This is the worst form of corruption

if I were the CBN governor and any stupid government come to me with such a stupid request, I will simply resign.

mad people
This is the change they promised us.

Not good idea.

A country where people are dying of hunger.

Jengem:
The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Government to give N200 to dollar concession to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) once in every year.

It said that it was for pilgrimages to the respective holy lands for Muslims and Christians.

This was part of the recommendations by the Committee on Foreign Affairs on “The Extortion of Pilgrims by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’’ presented by the Chairman, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu, at plenary.

The committee recommended the concession to bring down the cost of the pilgrimages to bearable level.





The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Senate had in a motion on June 7, urged the Federal Government to review downwards, the 2017 Hajj fare.

Part of the 10-point recommendation by the committee was that the Federal Government should hold discussions with Saudi Arabia authorities.



Sunmonu said that the consultation with the Saudi government was to review the 50-50 carriage of pilgrims between Nigeria and Saudi Arabian airlines.

“This is with a view to providing opportunities for more indigenous Nigerian airlines to participate in the Hajj operations. This will give Nigeria varieties in choosing the air carrier.


“The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria should expedite action on the establishment of Hajj Savings Schemes in compliance with Section 7(1 and 2) of the NAHCON Act.

“The Nigeria Government and its economic team must do everything possible to improve on the Nigerian monetary policy which would expectedly guarantee a long-time stable relationship of the Naira with other currencies,” she said.

Sunmonu noted that 98 per cent of the entire Hajj operations were dollars-denominated with only two per cent as naira content.

In his contribution, Sen. Ali Wakil (APC-Bauchi) said that there was need for an ad hoc committee to look into the matter of feeding and transportation of the pilgrims.

He called for the restoration of Amirul Hajj to serve as checks and balance between Nigeria and Saudi.

In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said “we passed the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and based on it, we have passed what should be the exchange rate which is N305 to a dollar.

“We should make laws that are truly going to guide our people because we have MTEF which says the exchange is N305.

“If with passing MTEF nobody should be given N200, but businessmen are getting N200, then, definitely pilgrims deserve N200 as well,” he said.

Saraki said that the Senate must put an end to the money-making venture, because pilgrimage was a religious activity and should not be for money-making.

“We will put an end to these leakages,’’ he stated.


The Senate accepted the recommendations but rejected the one requesting NAHCON to ensure improved feeding for Nigerian contingents to all designated points, insisting that feeding should be left to the pilgrims. (NAN)


http://www.herald.ng/senate-wants-n200-dollar-rate-pilgrimages/

...a country that placed it priorities on religious adventure more than economic, business and manufacturing concerns can't survive.