The Nationwide Hajj Fee (NAHCON) will conclude the airlift of Nigerian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia in the present day (Tuesday).
The fee’s spokesperson, Fatima Usara, an assistant director, stated this in a press release in Abuja.
She stated the final contingent of 2024 Hajj pilgrims is ready to depart from King Abdul Aziz Worldwide Airport, Jeddah, for Nigeria, marking the conclusion of the train.
She stated a complete of 312 pilgrims from Kwara State will probably be airlifted to Ilorin on an Air Peace airline flight, marking the ultimate leg of their hajj journey.”
” This marks the 119th return flight from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria,” Mrs Usara stated.
She added, “In the course of the first part of the Hajj operation, NAHCON ran a complete of 121 flights, which has now been lowered to 119 flights for the return journey. The discount in flights was attributed to the utmost utilisation of seats through the return journeys. The return journey ends three days forward of schedule, being earlier deliberate to finish by nineteenth of July 2024.
“The fee’s chartered airways took 27 days to move all pilgrims into Saudi Arabia through the first part of the Hajj journey, with the return part now lasting 25 days. By the twenty fifth day of the outbound flight from Nigeria, a complete of 47,171 pilgrims had been transported, whereas 50,091 had been in a position to return to Nigeria throughout the identical span of 25 days within the second part.
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“In a closing ceremony on the Hajj Terminal in Jeddah airport, chairman of the fee Jalal Arabi expressed gratitude to Allah for the profitable completion of the return journey. He promised the Fee would obtain even larger success subsequent 12 months based mostly on the teachings realized this 12 months.
“The chairman additionally assured that preparations for the 2025 Hajj have already begun.”
A complete of 65,000 Nigerian pilgrims fulfilled the sacred ritual within the holy land this 12 months, with over 50,000 of them travelling underneath NAHCON whereas over 13,000 others opted for business flights.
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