*Photo: Mallam Jalal Ahmad Arabi, NAHCON Chairman/CEO*
Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission of (NAHCON) , Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi has said visa processing for prospective Nigerian pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj is at advance stage.
Malam Arabi stated this at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, in his opening remarks at a two-day stakeholders summit organised by the Hajj Institute of Nigeria (HIN) on Hajj 2024, adding that approved carriers are fully ready for airlift of the pilgrims.
The NAHCON helmsman said “The preparation for this year Hajj was characterized with different challenges, Alhamdulillah we are able to overcome these challenges ranging from hajj fare, exchange rate, number of registered pilgrims, visa processing, accommodation, mashair and other logistics.”
He therefore charged that the various challenges faced by the Nigerian pilgrims this year can only be compensated with effective and efficient service delivery that will engender the renewed hope of Nigerian pilgrims and emergence of Nigeria as the best Hajj mission globally.
This feat, he pointed out, can only be actualized through partnership, collaboration and teamwork on the airlifting, Accommodation, Transportation, Feeding and Mashair activities.
Setting the agenda for the programme, Malam Arabi said the two-day summit has four technical sessions and one general session where the stakeholders will dialogue among themselves and resolutions guiding the 2024 Hajj operations shall be unanimously adopted.
He assured all major stakeholders that NAHCON under his watch is fully ready to partner, collaborate and work as a team for the attainment of successful 2024 Hajj operations “thus, building team members that trust and support one another and respect one another’s individual differences.”
