President Bola Tinubu has dismissed the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Jalal Arabi, over fraud and other gross misconduct, barely a year after his appointment.
To avoid any leadership vacuum at the commission, the president has appointed an Islamic scholar, Prof. Abdullahi Usman, as the new Chairman for NAHCON.
The removal of the former NAHCON boss came hours after investigations revealed that the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) had discovered over N10 billion belonging to the commission, which had been transferred to different companies’ accounts within the country and abroad.
Aside from that, Arabi and other high-ranking officials at the commission were said to have returned SR314,098 (Saudi Riyal) to the anti-graft agency after they were quizzed over their involvement in the misappropriation and fraud that had crippled the affairs of NAHCON.
The series of frauds linked to Arabi and other officials prompted President Tinubu to remove Arabi and replace him with Usman, before leaving the country for France on Monday.
