THE Senate has confirmed the appointment of Malam Jalal Arabi as the chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
The appointment of Arabi and three commissioners was confirmed during plenary on Wednesday following a request by President Bola Tinubu.
The Senate also approved the appointment of Aliu Abdulrazak, Anofiu Elegushi and Professor Abubakar Yagawal as NAHCON commissioners.
Tinubu had in October 2023 appointed Arabi to serve as the NAHCON chairman for a term of four years in the first instance.
In a statement titled ‘President Tinubu appoints new NAHCON Chief Executive Officer; approves dissolution of NAHCON Board’ released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the president said he expected that the new NAHCON leadership “will serve in reverence of Allah and with utmost adherence to the precepts of service according to the Holy Qur’an.”
Arabi succeeds Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan who was appointed in 2019 by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
