By Correspondent in Abuja.
The chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria,NAHCON, Ustadh Dhikrullah Hassan, has declared his commitment to sanitize the Hajj operation in Nigeria.
He made the commitment in an interactive session with a group of concerned Muslim clerics in Abuja, led by the Imam of the University of Abuja, Prof. Taofiq AbdulAzeez,in his office recently.
Responding to concerns being expressed on faulty flight schedule during Hajj operations, the chairman confirmed that the commission saw most of the problems and persons whose actions led to certain critical situations coming but that the emergency situation made immediate solution impossible.
He, however, pledged to plug all identified holes and courageously take steps to prevent reoccurrence “as preparation for this year’s Hajj is already reaching the peak.”
While beaming the searchlight on certain dark corners of the critical aspects of the operation, Ustadh Hassan promised to do the needful at all times with focus on success and necessary patriotic considerations.
He, therefore, assured intending pilgrims of a better and more effective operation of the Commission this year, adding “that everything would be done to ensure that Hajj is not more than N2.5 million, other things being equal”.
The NAHCON promised that he would tackle human and political factors impeding effective operation of Hajj in subsequent exercise.
Earlier in his remarks, Prof. AbdulAzeez, stressed the need for the chairman to deal “decisively with known saboteurs and disregard patriotic considerations in place of success.”
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Edited by Dada Ahmed.
