By Ibrahim Abubakar, Nagarta.

It has come to our notice as concerned citizens, for the welfare of Nigerian pilgrims, of a short, ambiguous and controversial video clip on social media platforms that has been making the round on the public hearing that was organised on the 13th and 14th of November, 2024 respectively, by the house of representatives investigative committee on the 2024, hajj exercise in which the content provider of that mischievous video clip, did not categorically and clearly explain to the public who amongst either the former chairman of NAHCON, or the incumbent is actually being investigated.

We therefore, wish to make it crystal clear to the public and especially mischief makers that Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, Pakistan the current NAHCON chairman, was never in the picture of any of the shoddy deals that took place as being alleged by the authorities during the 2024, hajj exercise. In fact, he was appointed as NAHCON chairman Some months after the 2024, hajj season was over.

The appearance of Prof. Pakistan, at the scene of the public hearing and investigation was only necessicitated by his position as the incumbent chairman of the commission, in order to witness the way and manner in which things will unfold, and also to brace up for the enormous task before him, as the new chairman of the commission.

We therefore, wish to unequivocally call on mischief makers to desist from such campaigns of calumny against the National Hajj commission’s chairman, in the interest of fairness, which is one of the cardinal principles of the pen profession.