The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Zikrullah Hassan has given Friday 28th April as the deadline for 2023 Hajj fare remittance by boards, agencies and commissions of State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare managers.
In a statement, signed by the Commission’s Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Fatima Usara, the deadline was given on the 26th of April 2023 during a meeting with Chief Executives of State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, Agencies and Commissions in Abuja the nation’s capital.
Hajiya Usara said the meeting addressed critical issues hinging on remittances of Hajj fare by pilgrims in order to finalize on the number of eligible enrollees for the 2023 Hajj from Nigeria. Determination of the number would dictate figures with which to sign agreements with airlines.
According to Usara, the NAHCON Chairman said that the Commission would gladly work with any amount remitted by Friday’s deadline and subsequently sign agreements for the 2023 airlift to Saudi Arabia based on that number.
He explained that a 50% down payment to the air carriers is expected upon signing of the agreement while another 35% would follow after deployment of aircraft for the airlift by the carriers.
Hassan lamented that the remittance had to take this long bearing in mind that all other arrangements depend on the confirmed number of Hajj fare-payers before conclusion.
She added that the deadline for Hajj fare remittance had been extended on several occasions since January 2023.
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