The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has restated that the deadline for the remittance of 50 percent deposit of 2023 slot allocation remains February 28.
The Commission said failure to do so would result to forfeiting or reduction on State’s Hajj slot allocation.
In a statement NAHCON Assistant Director, Information and Publications Mousa Ubandawaki said that Remittance to the Commission in the past week has been abysmal and payment to service providers in Saudi Arabia remains the biggest assurance that Nigeria will participate in the 2023 Hajj.
HAJJ 2023: NAHCON Fixes February 28 Deadline for Hajj Remittance:
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) restate that dateline for remittance of 50% deposit of 2022 allocation remains Feb 28, failure of which the affected state(s) would forfeit their allocation reduced.— Nigeria Hajj Commission (@nigeriahajjcom) February 16, 2023
He said: “It is therefore necessary to kick things off. By our calendar of events, final remittance to the Commission should be concluded by February 28 in order to conclude our arrangements on time, as we didn’t want to give room to lapses.
“We implore the State pilgrims Welfare Boards, Agencies and Commissions to cooperate with us and ensure compliance with the directive in order to make the Hajj 2023 successful. While reiterating our commitments to all intending pilgrims to ensure that everyone who paid their fare is registered. We urge the states to respect the agreement on the distribution of Hajj quota on the basis of 60% for government pilgrims and 40% for the Hajj Savings Scheme subscribers.“
He said that the commission is also disturbed about cases of Hajj Savings scheme subscribers being discouraged or pressurised to withdraw or migrate their deposits from the Hajj Saving Scheme to the State Board, in order to be registered for this year’s Hajj.
“It has been emphasized that under the 2023 Hajj policy, 40% of intending pilgrims would be from Hajj Savings Scheme, while 60% would be from the government, pay as you go.”
Alhaji Ubandawaki gave stakeholders assurance that the Commission will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the 2023 Hajj arrangements and operations is hitch free.
