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A concerted effort led by Sen. Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi below the Arewa New Agenda (ANA) banner has launched a far-reaching advocacy marketing campaign geared toward enhancing entry to Hajj 2024 for Nigerian Muslims. This initiative highlights essential points surrounding the associated fee and accessibility of the sacred pilgrimage, advocating for measures to ease monetary burdens confronted by intending pilgrims.

ANA’s effort in accordance the group’s management, was absolutely endorsed and supported by the management of Nationwide Hajj Fee of Nigeria (NAHCON), from idea to complete.

The ANA’s marketing campaign was marked by strategic engagements throughout key regions–North West, North East, North Central, and FCT–bringing collectively spiritual leaders, stakeholders, and state pilgrims’ boards to handle urgent considerations forward of the looming December thirty first cost deadline for Hajj 2024.

ANA’s advocacy encompassed multifaceted challenges impacting the affordability of Hajj, together with lodging close to Haram, feeding schemes, royalties, airfares, and repair prices, all contributing to the general excessive value incurred by intending pilgrims.

Stakeholders voiced considerations in the course of the engagements, notably about fraudulent actions focusing on pilgrims, delayed data dissemination, and insufficient consciousness inside rural communities relating to the brand new laws and cost deadlines for the 2024 Hajj.

Regional observations revealed promising tendencies in some states assembly their Hajj quotas, whereas others confronted challenges attributable to pending court docket choices and delayed commitments. The necessity for deadline extensions and subsidies emerged as key suggestions to make Hajj extra accessible.

The North Central area significantly highlighted an absence of complete data and urged intensive instructional campaigns to bridge the notice hole amongst intending pilgrims and rural communities.

Stakeholders advocated for intensified enlightenment drives, nearer collaboration with monetary establishments to alleviate cost hurdles, and a name for governments to subsidize Hajj fares, addressing considerations about fraud, improved administration, and early financial savings schemes.

Encouragingly, authorities officers in numerous states, together with Kano, Kebbi, FCT, Zamfara, Kwara, and Nasarawa, expressed confidence of their governments’ interventions to make sure a profitable Hajj 2024, affirming their dedication to addressing affordability challenges.

Sen. MoAllahyidi conveyed gratitude for the assist prolonged by the Nationwide Hajj Fee and numerous state pilgrims’ boards, acknowledging their collaborative efforts to advance the reason for making Hajj 2024 extra accessible for Nigerian Muslims.