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February 22, 2019
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria,NAHCON andthe Embassy
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have finalisedarrangements to kick off
biometric capturing of the 2019 intending pilgrimssoon.
The Head, Public Affairs Division of NAHCON, FatimaUsara, made
this known in a statement in Abuja.
Usara said the decision to commence the exercise wasreached after a
special meeting convened by the Ministry of ForeignAffairs with the
Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Adnan binMahmoud Bostaji
and NAHCON, led by its Chairman, Abdullahi Muhammad.
She said the meeting discussed ways of ensuring ahitch-free biometrics
capturing exercise for the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimsin view of the
readiness of both NAHCON and the Saudi Missions inNigeria to start
the exercise early to avoid last minute rush.
Usara said parties in the meeting assured that theyhad finalised all
arrangements relating to Nigerian intendingpilgrims’ registration for the
year 2019 Hajj.