President Tinubu Appoints Abdulahi Usman As New NAHCON Chairman, He’s The 2nd Person To Head The Commission In 10 Months
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Abdullahi Usman as new Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Monday.
Usman replaces Alhaji Jalal Arabi , who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly misusing funds belonging to the commission.
Recall that Alhaji Jalal Ahmad Arabi, a former permanent secretary, State House, was appointed as NAHCON Chairman in October last year sequel to the removal of Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan as Chairman of the commission .
‘The President has directed the outgoing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, to proceed on 3-month pre-retirement leave as provisioned by Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243 with effect from October 18, 2023, leading to his eventual retirement from service on January 17, 2024.
The new Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Jalal Ahmad Arabi, will assume office in acting capacity on October 18, 2023, and will continue to serve in substantive capacity for a fresh term of four years, beginning from January 17, 2024.
President Bola Tinubu has also approved the dissolution of the Board of NAHCON. The President expects that the new NAHCON leadership will serve in reverence of Allah and with utmost adherence to the precepts of service according to the Holy Qur’an’ Ajuri Ngelale had submitted in the statement he issued to announce Arabi’s appointment last year.
Alhaji Kunle Hassan, who was appointed as NAHCON Chairman in December 2019 , had succeeded Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad.
The Presidency on Monday described the new NAHCON Chairman , Abdulahi Usman, as ‘a renowned scholar with qualifications from two Islamic centres of excellence — the University of Madinah and Peshawar University, Pakistan’.
‘He is also well-grounded in Hajj operations, having served as the Chairman of Kano state Pilgrims Board, and successfully superintended the operations of the largest quota of state pilgrims in the country’ the statement added.
The president noted that he expects Usman to ‘discharge his duties with integrity, transparency, and utmost fidelity to the nation’-
