The new chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Jalal Ahmad Arabi, has resume office.
Recall that on Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu appointed Arabi as the commission’s new chairman, replacing the outgoing Zilkrullah Kunle Hassan, who was asked to take a three-month pre-terminal leave.
Arabi was welcomed by the departing chairman, who was represented by Nura Hassan Yakasai, his Commissioner for Policy, Personnel, Management, and Finance (PPMF).
On Wednesday, soon after starting work again, Arabi called for improved communication and teamwork among the commission’s staff members in a meeting with them.
He gave the staff and Nigerians his assurance that President Tinubu’s agenda for a “Renewed Hope” was sincere and enlisted their help in getting Nigeria back on course.
The pilgrims will now feel like they have the chance to be heard and a sense of belonging, according to the new NAHCON chairman.
Arabi was earlier reminded of the enormous and difficult task that lay ahead by Yakasai, who also expressed his congratulations on his appointment.
He said, “I just want to mention that you are coming in or stepping into NAHCON at a critical time, at the time when all the preparations for Hajj are supposed to start or have already started and unfortunately, this time around the period of time given by the Saudi authority is different from the traditional ones where we have sufficient time to do whatever we want to do or arrange but unfortunately, you have a very short time.”
