Tinubu orders NAHCON to reduce 2026 Hajj fares
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria to immediately reduce the cost of the 2026 Hajj fares that it had recently announced.
The Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Sen. Ibrahim Hadeija, made this known on Monday while briefing State House Correspondents after a meeting with the officials of NAHCON, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NAHCON, after due consultations with all the relevant stakeholders, announced the 2026 hajj fare as follows: Maiduguri-Yola Zone (Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba) will pay N8,318,336.67.
Others are: Northern States will pay N8,244,813.67, while Southern States will pay N8,561,013.67, respectively
However, Hadeija said Tinubu felt the need for the commission to look at the possibility of reducing the hajj fare.
He said, ” This meeting was essentially called at the instance of His Excellency, the Vice-President, to look at the possibility of reducing the Hajj fare for the 2026 pilgrimage.
”As you know, the hajj fare component is about 95 and 96 per cent foreign exchange-based.
