How we arrived at 2017 hajj fare — NAHCON
http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Wednesday, said it had consulted stakeholders and relevant government agencies before agreeing at each component of the 2017 hajj fare. The Executive Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed, made this known while inaugurating the Aviation Monitoring Committee for the 2017 hajj operation in Abuja. He said NAHCON did not just fix figure as cost of air ticket, accommodation, feeding and other services for the pilgrims. He explained that the cost of each component that made up the fare was arrived after reviewing the entire negotiation and discussions between service providers and NAHCON team. Mohammed said the U.S. dollars constituted about 98 per cent component of the fare, adding that the commission used the dollar to pay for all services that would be rendered to pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. “So in actual terms, the component that determine the hajj fare is the dollar; the official exchange rate last year was N...