What we're doing to Ensure Reduction in 2025 Hajj Fare

Oct. 9, 2024 - Daily Trust

The Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON), Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, has said the commission is working hard to ensure reduction in 2025 hajj fare which was projected to hit N10 million.

Although the commission has not announced the fare, it confirmed that the federal government would not subsidise hajj payment for pilgrims in 2025. Daily Trust had reported how the subsidy removal could hike the hajj fare by almost N10million if the naira maintains its current rate of N1,650 to a dollar.

Speaking to BBC Hausa service on, the NAHCON Chairman said the commission is working round the clock to ensure there is a reduction in the amount intending pilgrims would pay for the 2025 hajj operation. “The issue that they are not going to participate in the 2025 hajj exercise – I think I can say – has been resolved.

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