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Governor calls for probe of NAHCON over N90 billion Federal Govt Hajj subsidy
The Niger State Governor Umaru Bago., has yesterday called for a review of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
He specifically urged an investigation into the N90 billion subsidy provided by the Federal government for Hajj operations.
Governor Bago pledged to lead a committee of governors to engage relevant authorities in pushing for reforms within the commission.
In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, in Minna, Governor Bago made these remarks during discussions with reporters in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where he evaluated this year’s Hajj operations. He expressed concerns that NAHCON had shifted its focus from regulatory duties to directly managing Hajj activities.
Highlighting the challenges faced by pilgrims, Governor Bago criticised the 2024 Hajj exercise as unsuccessful. He suggested that privatizing Hajj operations could lead to more effective and efficient service delivery.
The statement partly reads: “Let the private sector drive Hajj operations, NAHCON should be a regulator at the centre.
“I am leading a committee of governors to the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF), from there we go to the NEC (National Economic Council).
“I will propose this motion and we will send a Bill to the National Assembly where this issue of NAHCON would be reviewed.
“NAHCON is not helping matters, our Federal Government is too big to be worried about Hajj operations, these are supposed to be local government issues and not even states.”
The governor advocated for state governments to independently manage pilgrimages and involve private agents, akin to practices in other countries. He urged an investigation into the N90 billion subsidy provided by the Federal government for Hajj operations.
Expressing dismay, he highlighted that despite the subsidy, states like Niger still incurred significant costs for pilgrimages. He alleged that pilgrims, who paid N8 million each, received only $400 to cover expenses over approximately 40 days.
According to the governor, redirecting the N90 billion subsidy through the states could have yielded greater benefits.
Bishop Godwin Elim, the Senior Pastor at Live for Christ, aka Lifting Assembly in Abuja has said God’s Kingdom is the birthright of believers as this is not negotiable.
Naijablitznews reports Bishop Elim made this assertion on Saturday in his sermon drawing vivid examples from bible passages and real life examples.
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The All Progressives Congress, APC has won all 20 Chairmanship and 236 Councillorship seats in the Ogun LG Polls.
Naijablitznews reports that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Sunday, declared all the 20 chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of Saturday’s local government elections conducted in the state.
The Chairman of the commission, Babatunde Osibodu also declared all 236 APC councillorship candidates as winners of the election while presenting the official results of the polls at the commission’s headquarters at Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.
Osibodu said the ruling party, APC, emerged victorious across all the 20 local government areas and 236 wards in the state by polling a total of 613,156 votes cast in the exercise which witnessed major political parties like the Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), participating.
Other political parties that participated in the exercise included the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the guber election conducted in Ondo State on Saturday.
Aiyedatiwa, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
He polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival in the election, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the election.
The APC cleared all 18 local government areas.
While the PDP polled a total of 117,845 votes, the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,162 votes and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled 2,692 votes.
Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi announced the result of the Ondo governorship election at the State headquarters of INEC in Akure.
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