2016 Hajj Pilgrimage

TRADE AND EXCHANGE DE
09 46237804 09 46237802 E-mail address:ted@cbn.gov.ng TED/FEM/FPC/GEN/01/005 August 4, 2016 TO: ALL AUTHORISED DEALERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC 2016 HAJI OPERATIONS:
PURCHASE OF PILGRIMS TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE (PTA) Authorised Dealers and the general public are hereby notified of the following arrangements for 2016 Hajj operations:

1. Each pilgrim is entitled to purchase a minimum of US$750.00 and maximum of US$1,000.00 as PTA. The Federal Government has approved that intending pilgrims are to be sold the PTA at a concessionary exchange rate of N197.00 to the US dollar.

2. No commission shall be charged by the banks for the sale of PTA to the intending pilgrims.

3. The Central Bank of Nigeria shall sale the PTA to the designated banks in Lagos and Abuja and the accounts of the respective banks shall be debited as soon as the funds are disbursed.

4. Each designated bank is required to sell to the CBN the unutilised funds not later than two (2) weeks from the date of the last inward flight to Nigeria from Jedda, while the accounts of the banks shall be credited promptly.

5. The approved schedule showing the distribution of the pilgrims expected to perform the 2016 Hajj and the designated banks that will handle the sales of the PTA to the pilgrims in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), each state of the Federation, the Armed Forces and the National Hajj Commission Headquarters, is stated below for guidance.

		2
S/NO.	STATE	NO.	OF	PILGRIMS	CHOICE OF BANK
	PER STATE
1.	Abia	67	UBN Plc, Umuahia Branch
2.	Adamawa	1,883	Ja'iz Bank Main Branch,Jimeta
3.	Akwa Ibom	67	UBA Plc, Awka Road, Uyo
4.	Anambra	72	Fidelity Bank Awka Branch,
		Anambra State
5.	Bauchi	2,789	FCMB Plc, Bauchi Branch
6.	Bayelsa	90	UBA Plc, Yenagoa
		Unity Bank, New Bridge Branch,
7.	Benue	355	Makurdi
8.	Borno	2,581	UBA Plc, Baga Rd, Maiduguri
9.	Cross River	୧୧	FBN Plc, Calabar Road Branch
10.	Delta	112	UBN Nnebisi Rd, Asaba
11.	Ebonyi	102	UBN Plc, Abakalaki Road
12.	Edo	272	UBA 4 Akpakpava Street, Benin
		City
13.	Ekiti	206	FCMB, Ado Ekiti
14.	Enugu	83	FCMB, Garden Avenue, Enugu
15	Abuja (FCT)	2,975	Unity Bank, Gwagwalada
16.	Gombe	1,969	Unity Bank, Commercial Area
		Branch, Gombe
17.	Imo	67	UBA Plc, Douglas Road Owerri
18.	Jigawa	2,405	Sterling Bank Plc, Dutse (1,405)
		& GT Bank Dutse (1,000)
19.	Kaduna	5,649	Unity Bank, Yakubu Gowan Way,
		Kaduna

	3
20.	Kano	5,808	Unity Bank, Sani Abacha Way,
	Kano
21.	Katsina	4,598	UBA IBB Way Branch, Katsina
	(2,178)
	Keystone	Bank	Rd
	Branch Katsina (2,420)
22.	4,107	Sterling Bank (2,000)
Kebbi	Unity Bank (1,107)
	Zenith Bank (1,000)
23.	Kogi	916	Skye Bank Lokoja Branch
24.	Kwara	1,973	Unity Bank, Murtala Mohammed
25.	Lagos	2,040	Union Bank Plc, Lagos
26.	Nasarawa	1,660	Unity Bank, Lafia
27.	Niger	3,226	Skye Bank (1,626)
	UBA Plc, Minna (1,600)
28.	Ogun	1,189	FCMB Plc, Abeokuta Branch
29.	Ondo	317	Unity Bank, Akure Branch
30.	Osun	847	Sterling Bank Plc, Oshogbo
31.	Oyo	1,354	FBN Agodi Ibadan
Plateau	1,239	Skye Bank Jos
32.
33.	Rivers	407	Zenith Bank, Azikiwe Road, Port
	Harcourt
Sokoto	5,000	Unity Bank Plc (2,500)
34	UBA Plc (2,500)
35.	Taraba	1,300	Zenith Bank, Jalingo Branch
36.	Yobe	2,231	Unity	Bank	Plc,	Damaturu
	Branch

		4
	Skye Bank Plc, Gusau Branch
37.	Zamfara	4,133
38.	Armed Forces	450	Unity Bank Plc, Broad Street,
	Lagos
39.	Keystone Bank, Abiola House
	NAHCON Hqtrs	263	CBD Abuja.
	Total	65,167

Please ensure compliance accordingly.

W. D. COTRIN
Ag. DRECTOR
TRADE & EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT