- The fare was determined and announced after a post-Hajj meeting with the Chairmen and Secretaries of State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards to review the 2025 Hajj operations.
Muslims who plan to participate in next year’s Hajj exercise will cough up N8.5m for the annual pilgrimage, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said.
The commission announced the tentative fare for the Hajj 2026 in a statement by its Assistant Director of Information and Publication, Fatima Sanda Usara, on Friday.
According to her, the fare was determined and announced after a post-Hajj meeting with the Chairmen and Secretaries of State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards to review the 2025 Hajj operations.
Usara said the fare is pending final negotiations on all service contracts.
She added that Nigeria also retained its 95,000-slot allocation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the allocation of slots to state welfare boards remains as it was last year.
She quoted NAHCON’s Chairman, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, as expressing appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his steadfast support to Nigerian pilgrims and the Commission.
He highlighted the Federal Government’s intervention that enabled Hajj carriers to accept payments in Naira, shielding pilgrims from foreign exchange shocks.
The Commissioner in charge of Planning, Research and Statistics, Information and Library Services ( PRSILS), Prof. Abubakar Abubakar Yagawal, led discussions on the 2026 Hajj Calendar while Commissioner Operations, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, led discussions on operational matters.
Particularly, Prince Elegushi opened the floor for discussions on the possible rollover of contracts for the four airlines that operated during the 2025 Hajj, citing time constraints and bureaucratic hurdles juxtaposed with the Saudi calendar and its expectations from Hajj participating countries.
This, he said will give room for Nigeria to book airlift slots early
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