Batam City Government Prepares IDR 1 Million Pocket Money For Each Hajj Candidate

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BATAM - The Batam City Government, Riau Islands, has prepared an allowance of Rp. 1 million for each hajj candidate who will depart for the Holy Land. June 9. The Batam City Government prepared IDR 288 million to provide pocket money to 288 city residents who were dispatched to the Holy Land for Hajj in 2022. The Mayor of Batam advised the congregation from his area to take care of each other during the departure process, worship in the Holy Land, until he returned to Indonesia. "I have conveyed to our prospective hajj pilgrims to maintain cohesiveness and togetherness, so that 288 who departed, 288 who returned as well," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Batam City Ministry of Religion Office Zulkarnain said that the provision of pocket money for Hajj candidates was carried out using a grant from the Batam City Government to the Ministry of Religion Office. ," he said.