A civil society organisation that monitors and reports about hajj activities in Nigeria, Independent Hajj Reporters has alerted the public over a fake 2019 hajj fare package in circulated on Social Media.
The National Coordinator of the organisation Ibrahim Mohammed, in a statement said that the Social media surveillance team of the organisation had brought to its notice a fake 2019 hajj fare package currently in circulation.
It advised the public to visit the website of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, or Hajj reporters social media handles for any announcement on the 2019 hajj fare.Ibrahim added that this year’s hajj fare has not been announced and wondered where the authors of 1.8 million naira hajj fare got their news from. He quoted a verse in the Holy Quran which frowns against spreading fake news and its consequences
