2022 Hajj: NAHCON sends advance team to Saudi Arabia
Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Monday (6 June 2022) dispatched the first batch advance team to Saudi Arabia for the 2022 Hajj.
This was disclosed in a press release signed by Fatima Sanda Usara, A.D Public Affairs, NAHCON.
The chairman said with the dispatch exercise, the Hajj operation has commenced, and the rest of Nigeria’s Hajj pilgrims are coming to meet them soon.
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In a farewell ceremony in the International Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, the NAHCON Chairman tasked members of the advance team to set the pace for the successful accomplishment of the 2022 Hajj.
In a prior departure briefing of the entire advance team in the NAHCON Hajj House headquarter on Saturday, 5th June 2022, the NAHCON leader reminded the staff that this is the time to put into practice all the training they have received.
He reminded them that their major responsibility is to go over all the agreements signed with service providers to ensure that the details are fully implemented.
Alhaji Hassan ordered them to station themselves on ground awaiting the hitch-free arrival of pilgrims and to treat them with the utmost respect as guests of the Almighty. However, before the arrival of the esteemed pilgrims, he instructed heads of the different committees to pay a familiarisation visit to the office of the Adillah company in Madinah to introduce themselves as NAHCON’s representatives. This is to enable the Adillah to identify who to contact when necessary.
Those on the advance team include medical personnel, house managers, feeding staff, and Makkah and Madinah reception team members.
Meanwhile, all pilgrims that paid for the 2022 Hajj through the Hajj Savings Scheme (HSS), and have completed their payments, are instructed to visit the State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards which they selected at the time of enrollment for necessary preparations. They are to carry along their international passports, covid-19 vaccine certificate and yellow card if they have been inoculated already.
Similarly, intending pilgrims are to note that the announced Hajj fare of maximum N2,496,815.29 (two million, four hundred and ninety-six thousand, eight hundred and fifteen Naira, twenty-nine kobo) is inclusive of their $800 Basic Travel Allowance (BTA).
Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan prayed for the safe journey of the advance team members and the success of the 2022 Hajj.
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