It is with mixed feelings that we bid her farewell, Hajiya Fatima Mustapha after an illustrious career with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. A mixed feeling because as we celebrate her departure, we cannot help but feel a sense of déjà vu knowing that we will miss her wise counsel and sense of inspiration in our workplace.

Sometimes as the Quran indicates, Allah uses the earthquakes to destroy and wipe out a generation. In the story of the people of Shuaib, their chieftains at that time not only denounced him, but also discouraged people from following Prophet Shuaib and the earthquake came and destroyed them. 

The programme will continue during the Asalatu Sessions which will hold across all NASFAT locations worldwide on Sunday,19th February, 2023 with a lecture titled Making Nigeria Work For All Nigerians: Our Collective Responsibility.

“The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), hereby wish to restate that the deadline for the remittance of 50 percent deposit of 2022 allocation remains February 28, failure of which the affected state(s) would forfeit their allocation or reduced.” 

While urging the intending pilgrims, especially those who have not completed the Hajj fare of N2,640,000.00 paid in the year 2022 to go ahead and raise a bank draft of N1,340,000.00 in favour of the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, he stressed that the Board would notify them if there would be any increment or reduction at the appreciate time.