Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has lambasted the management of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, over what he described as poor operation.
The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, also said he head never witnessed a poor Hajj operation throughout his two tenures as governor like that of the 2022.
Anwar said Ganduje made the lamentation, at Africa House, Government House, Kano, when he was receiving 2022 Hajj Operation report, Friday, from the management of Kano Pilgrims Welfare Board, led by the Chairman of the Board, Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan and Executive Secretary of the Board, Abba Muhammad Danbatta
“The last 2022 Hajj operation was the worst I ever witnessed during my tenure as the governor of Kano state. It was managed mismanaged, a number of dishonest attitudes, fraud and anomalies,” the governor was quoted as saying in the statement.
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After congratulating the state Pilgrims Board for their untiring effort in the Hajj operation, Ganduje disclosed that, “Due to the inefficiency and mismanagement of the National Hajj Commission, many Pilgrims suffered severely without any remorse from the national agency.”
He further added that,” due to the ‘dishonest attitudes’ of the National Commission, “…even at the level of service delivery, National Hajj Commission failed woefully.
“The airline we chose was not the one they gave us. I went there personally to lodge our complaint and they promised to abide by our choice. But unfortunately they gave us another airline entirely different.”
He also expressed worry that many Pilgrims were left behind on ground without performing Hajj this year.
“The airline they gave to us was the one we gave our slots to, the previous year, and the airline sold the slots we gave them. So this is the same airline, they gave us due to inefficiency and mismanagement.
“Though we told them our reason for rejecting the airline they attached to us. They promised to give us our choice, but they failed to do that,” he complained.
