NAHCON Seeks Support Of Stakeholders For Success Of 2025 Hajj

NAHCON Seeks Support Of Stakeholders For Success Of 2025 Hajj

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has appealed to its stakeholders to prioritise collaboration for a successful 2025 Hajj operation.

In a statement signed by Fatima Sanda Usara, Assistant Director, Information and Publication, the Commission said pilgrims have made huge financial and
spiritual investments for the forthcoming Hajj, hence all hands must be on deck for efficient service delivery.

NAHCON’s statement is coming on the heels of a series of exchanges in the media and bickering among its stakeholders.

The Commission, therefore, pledged to hold a stakeholders’ retreat after the 2025 Hajj, to bridge the gap in understanding the specific roles and responsibilities of different actors within the Hajj industry.

“It is worth recalling that since the assumption of office by the new NAHCON Chairman, Prof Abdullahi Saleh Usman, there has hardly been sufficient time to convene a stakeholders’ conference or retreat where roles, responsibilities, and limitations of each party could be clearly spelt out,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, the Commission has announced that the Saudi Arabian authorities have declared April 13 as the deadline for pilgrims who wish to enter the Kingdom for Umrah.

According to the Saudi authorities, any violation will attract a fine of one hundred thousand Saudi Riyals.

“All Umrah pilgrims are advised to be guided by this directive to avoid any embarrassment,” NAHCON stated.

PR/ Salihu Tejumola