2025 Hajj: Shettima Directs NAHCON To Address visa Concerns

Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians and the Muslim community in particular that no Nigerian intending pilgrim will miss the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage and that the exercise will be hitch-free.

FocalPoint reports that Vice President Shettima directed the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to take all necessary measures to ensure a smooth and unhindered pilgrimage for all the nation’s intending pilgrims.

According to his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, this was the outcome of a meeting the Vice President held with the management and board of the Commission in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

Shettima summoned the meeting following reports that a contractual dispute with Saudi service provider, Mashariq Al-Dhahabiah, could potentially lead to visa denials for Nigerian pilgrims.

“We will not allow any Nigerian intending pilgrim to miss the 2025 Hajj. The pilgrimage will be seamless, and every challenge will be addressed promptly,” Shettima assured.

The Vice President issued firm instructions to the NAHCON leadership, urging them to take all necessary steps to protect the interests of Nigerian pilgrims, saying “NAHCON must do whatever it takes to guarantee the full participation of our pilgrims without any hindrance. From now on we must have to set the right standards, move in the right direction and have a hitch-free hajj exercise.”

Addressing concerns about the purported contract cancellation with the Saudi-based company, NAHCON Chairman, Professor Saleh Usman, had earlier in the day reassured Nigerians that the issue would not affect the pilgrimage.

“There is no cause for alarm. No single registered pilgrim will be left behind,” Usman declared.

He also dismissed allegations from the Forum of States Pilgrim Welfare Agencies that the contract dispute could derail the pilgrimage.

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