The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated a 32-man Screening/Aviation Monitoring Committee for 2025 Hajj air carriers and cargo conveyors as well as a six-man secretariat for the committee.
This was even as the commission opened application forms for the Issuance of a Hajj licence for the airlift of the 2025 pilgrims from Nigeria.
According to a statement issued by the NAHCON’s Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, this sets the pace for a series of activities that will culminate in the selection of pilgrims’ air carriers as well as excess luggage freighters for next year’s Hajj exercise.
The committee, chaired by the Commissioner of Operations, Inspection and Licensing, OILS, Prince Anofi Olanrewaju Elegushi draws membership from several aviation industry managers as well as stakeholders from the State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, representatives from the Presidency, security agencies and NAHCON staff.
The composition of the committees includes five representatives from the State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, three from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA and one member each from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET and Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB
