The Governor Sokoto state Nigeria Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal announced today that a donation of N500,000 will be given to each of the 138 families of the 2015 hajj stampede. The number of the incident victims so far confirmed read that 114 pilgrims from the state were confirmed dead, 22 are still missing while two are injured and receiving treatment. Full post after cut...............
A statement by Mr. Tambuwal’s spokesman, Imam Imam, said the governor announced the donation while receiving the report of the 2015 hajj committee in Sokoto today. The statement said even though the government could not compensate the families for the loss of their loved ones, the gesture was in fulfillment of the promise he made when the tragedy occurred in September this year.
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