NAHCON Screens Cargo Companies For 2020 Hajj
AMINA HUSSAINI, Abuja
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, in preparations for the 2020 hajj, has conducted a formal opening of application forms and screening of air carriers for 2020 hajj airlifts.
The commission in Abuja Wednesday, inaugurated the airline screening committee for hajj 2020. The committee is charged with the responsibility of assessing the applicants in order to select suitable passenger air carriers as well as cargo freighters for the 2020 Hajj season.
The chairman of the NAHCON, Alhaji zikrullah Kunle Hassan advised the committee to be honest and transparent in the course of discharging its duties: “ the committee is vital to the hajj 2020 and members should put at the back of their minds that it is Amana(promise) bestowed on them to put the welfare of the pilgrims first before anything.”
The Committee, chaired by NAHCON’s Commissioner for Operations has its members drawn from aviation agencies such as Nigeria airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Accident Investigation Bureau(AIB), and the independent corrupt practices from the pilgrim welfare Board, as well as the representatives from the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (OSGF) and the Nigeria custom Service.
In his remarks, NAHCON Executive Commissioner in charge of operations and Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji Hardawa, assured the chairman of their commitments to meet the desired objectives of the commission, emphasizing that the committee would work in tandem with the policy thrust of the commission in ensuring the reduction of the Hajj fare cost and the number of days pilgrims stay in Saudi Arabia.
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