• Seek Amendments To NAHCON Act
• NSCIA Supports Proposed Reforms
The Forum of State and FCT Chief Executive Officers of Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards/Agencies has thrown its weight behind the proposed amendments to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Act.
This was as it accused NAHCON of overstepping its mandate by handling services states should oversee, even as it alleged that the commission lacked transparency.
The forum made its views known during the Senate Committee public hearing on a bill titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria to Involve States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory in the selection of Airline for Hajj Operation to Promote Efficiency, Accountability and Related Matters’.
Sponsored by Senator Abbas Aminu Iya representing Adamawa Central, the bill queried the practice which…
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