The chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Ustadh Dhikrullah Hassan, has declared his commitment to sanitizing the Hajj operation in Nigeria by blocking all identified holes in the system.

The NAHCON boss also promised to take courageous steps to prevent reoccurrence of the hitches witnessed during the 2022 hajj operations.

He made this declaration during an interactive session with a group of concerned Muslim clerics led by the Imam of the University of Abuja, Professor Taofiq AbdulAzeez, in his office.

The Clerics identified faulty flight schedule, suspected sabotage and uncharitable attitudes of operators and critical personnel of the commission as part of the issues which affected the operations in the just concluded exercise.

The Chairman affirmed that the commission saw most of the problems and persons whose actions led to certain critical situations coming but the emergency situation made immediate solution impossible.

He, however, pledged to plug all identified holes and courageously take steps to prevent reoccurrence as preparation for this year's Hajj is already reaching the peak.

While beaming the searchlight on certain dark corners of the critical aspects of the operation, Ustadh Hassan insisted on doing the needful at all times with focus on success and necessary patriotic considerations.

He assured intending pilgrims of a better and more effective operation this year, insisting that everything would be done to ensure that Hajj is not more than N2.5 million, other things being equal.

On tackling human and political factors that impeded the last operation, the Chairman prefers anonymity and confidentiality in strategies.