The Saudi Arabian Government has apologised to Nigerian pilgrims over the inadequacy of tents to accommodate the 95,000 pilgrims in Mina.
Thousands of Nigerian pilgrims on Monday were unable to find accommodation under the canopies provided by the agency in charge of the pilgrims.
The agency, Muttawwif of African and Non-Arabs, however promised to relocate 10,000 Nigerian pilgrims to the area allocated for the Turkish pilgrims.
The decision followed the complaint lodged by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on inadequate tents, inadequate food supply and late food service to pilgrims.
The Muttawwif apologised for the treatment meted out to Nigerian pilgrims.
We really want to apologise for what the Nigerian pilgrims suffered through today (yesterday).
“However, I want to impress it on the commission that we will give them the utmost priority in the coming days for what they passed through” Sindhi, who is the Chairman of the Company of Muttawifs, said.
Therefore, from 2pm on Wednesday, we will relocate about 10,000 pilgrims outside the traditional tent area to the Turkish Arena which has better facilities and will also ease the crowd in the Muna area,” he added.
