The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria ( NAHCON) has revealed that the commission is on the verge of completing the airlift of Nigerian pilgrims who performed 2025 Hajj in the Kingdom 0f Saudi Arabia back to the country.
The commission in a statement released on monday said that the return airlift of pilgrims is progressing as projected, adding that it is poised to complete the airlift operations in the coming two days God willing.
According to the release signed on behalf of NAHCON Chairman by the Assistant Director , Information and Publications, Fatima Sanda Usara indicated that FlyNas has successfully completed the return airlift of all the Nigerian pilgrims assigned to it for the 2025 Hajj.
These are pilgrims from Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Lagos, Ogun, Osun and Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
Air Peace is set to conclude its own return operation tomorrow with its final flight, which will convey pilgrims from the South-South states and Benue.
Max Air still has outstanding pilgrims to return, comprising 607 pilgrims from Kano and 1,956 from Katsina.
Similarly, as at the time of filing this report, Umza Aviation is left with 1,680 pilgrims from Kaduna State yet to be airlifted back to Nigeria.
