The government of Saudi Arabia will pay 70 million naira to each of the families of the six Nigerians who died in the recent crane collapse on the Holy Ka'aba Mosque in Mecca.
They have also been granted two Hajj slots each against next year to be fully paid for by the Saudi Arabia government.
The Saudi government approved a compensation of one million Saudi Riyals to each of the families of the 111 people who lost their lives in the crane tragedy.
According to local newspaper Arab News, ‘King Salman ordered the payment of the following to the families of the victims: SR1,000,000 to the family of each person killed in this accident; SR1,000,000 to each injured whose injury resulted in permanent disability; SR500,000 to each of the other injured.
“The king also issued directives to host two family members of the deceased as the king’s guests to perform Hajj next year.
“The injured who cannot perform Hajj this year can perform it next year as the king’s guests. The families of the injured who stay in hospitals for treatment shall be granted visiting visas to take care of the injured during the remaining period of Hajj and return to their country.”
The crane which collapsed on the Grande Mosque on September 11 killed 111 people and left 331 others injured.
Although authorities are still studying the report of the Accident Investigation Committee, strong winds are believed to have played a major part in the tragedy.
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