EFCC grills Hajj commission boss over alleged fund mismanagement

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday grilled the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON),

Malam Jalal Arabi, over alleged mismanagement of 2024 Hajj exercise fund.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Arabi was at the office of the anti-graft agency to answer questions on how the commission spent the N90 billion subsidy for the exercise.

NAN learnt that there were petitions against the chairman and the commission’s management over alleged fund mismanagement, especially during the 2024 hajj exercise.

An authoritative source from the commission said Arabi was at the anti-graft agency to provide detailed explanations on how NAHCON managed the fund allocated to it for the pilgrims.

“As of now, NAHCON chairman has been invited, he is already being interrogated by our crack detectives to provide explanations on some issues that border on allegations of fund mismanagement in the commission.

The investigation is ongoing; it is dated back to 2021, when the issue of fraud in the commission became messier