It is with heavy heart but with total submission to the will of the Almighty that the NAHCON Chairman, Board, Management and entire staff of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, mourn the shocking death of our brother and colleague, Alhaji Salihu Abdullahi Butu. Before his sudden demise, Late Butu was the Acting President of [...]
PRESS STATEMENT COMMITTEE TO USHER IN SAUDI SCREENING OF PILGRIMS IN NIGERIA INAUGURATED A Nigerian Coordinating Committee that will ensure smooth introduction of Saudi immigration screening of Nigerian pilgrims in Nigeria, popularly known as the Makkah Route Initiative (MRI), was on Wednesday 28th October 2020, inaugurated in Hajj House, the NAHCON headquarters. The initiative [...]
HSS: The Start of a new Journey By: Mousa Ubandawaki There are various ways to achieve a dream. For the 4th Board of NAHCON, the aspiration to bring down the cost of Hajj and make it affordable for the Muslims was a pull factor to pursue the actualization of Hajj Savings Scheme. [...]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) commiserates with the family, friends and Muslim world over the loss of one of our own, the learned Sheikh Adam Idoko who died yesterday, 14th October 2020 in Abuja. In his lifetime, he had been a patron of the Nigerian Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah and a champion [...]
Management of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, today, 14th October 2020 visited the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammadu Babandede in his office. The visit was to facilitate smooth coordination and eventual realisation of the Makkah Route Initiative (MRI) aspiration of the NAHCON. Thus far, the NAHCON Chairman, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan has held [...]
By Ahmad Mu’azu A team from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is expected in Nigeria to assess level of preparedness and the possibility of including Nigeria in the Saudi Arabian Makkah Route Project initiative. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan stated this when he [...]
By Ahmad Mu’azu The minister of interior Rauf Aregbesola, has promised to support the National Hajj commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in its move to implement the Makkah Road Initiative. The minister made the promise when he received NAHCON’s Chairman/CEO Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan and his management team at the Ministry of Interior for a [...]
