Gov. Zulum Plans To Convert Pilgrim’s Board To Commission.

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, says it has concluded plans to convert the state pilgrim’s welfare board to a commission.

Zulum, who disclosed this in Maiduguri, the state capital, said the decision would ensure accountability and transparency in government spending.

He spoke while inaugurating the state’s 21-member hajj committee, chaired by Senator Kaka Lawan.

The Governor said, establishing the commission will reduce government spending and ensure more accountability and transparency, while, assuring that, the committee would improve the welfare of pilgrims during the 2024 Hajj exercise, and charge the committee members to work diligently towards meeting the expectations of pilgrims.

Responding, the committee’s Chairman, Lawan, urged the committee members to consider the assignment a serious job involving issues of welfare, safety, and the logistics involved from Maiduguri to Saudi Arabia and returning them to the country, and also expressed gratitude to Zulum for finding them worthy and assured him of delivering on the task given to them.