With just 12 days to the closure of Saudi Arabian airspace for the 2023 Hajj operations, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allayed the fear
“We are looking into areas of bringing in more hands by way of rescue missions, a lot of people have indicated interest, and all of these are geared towards ensuring no single registered pilgrim is left behind at the end of the day,” Hassan assured.
For the first time, Nigeria filled all the slots given to her by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the backlog of pilgrims that were not able to engage in the exercise for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NAHCON boss said they were determined to ensure that within the two weeks left for the commencement of the 2023 hajj rites, every registered prospective Nigeria pilgrim was in Saudi Arabia before the deadline for the spiritual exercise.
Saudi Arabia has restored 95,000 Hajj slots to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria for the 2023 Hajj, out of which 75,000 allocated to the States and Armed Forces of Nigeria while 20,000 were distributed to independent private Tour operators. Meanwhile, out of the 48,597 Nigerian pilgrims already transported to Holy Land for this year’s Hajj, 35,178 pilgrims have moved to Makkah for the next phase of their pilgrimage while the rest were still in Madinah performing the first phase of the spiritual exercise.
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