President Bola Tinubu, has sacked Jalal Arabi whom he appointed last
October and appointed Professor Abdullahi Usman as the Executive
Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria.
Arabi’s removal comes amid N90 billion Hajj subsidy probe by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, which has seen Arabi being grilled and
detained.
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale in a
statement titled ‘President Tinubu appoints chairman of National Hajj
Commission said, on August 16, the EFCC said it detained Arabi, and
NAHCON’s Secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, over illegal withdrawal and the
alleged mismanagement of the N90 billion 2024 Hajj intervention fund, and
EFCC discovered that, from the N90 billion Hajj subsidy, Arabi fraudulently
overpaid himself and others above the necessary operational costs.
Ngelale said, the President expected the new NAHCON Chairman to
“discharge his duties with integrity, transparency, and utmost fidelity to the
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