Mr Adigun said that while other airlines owing the ground handling firms were talking with them and reconciling their accounts, Max Air failed to respond positively.
Mr Bello said that airlines determined flight schedules, and Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation approved them, allocating operating slots to all carriers.
He said the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency would start refunding 123 Saudi Riyals to pilgrims after the Asir prayer (4 p.m.) on Monday.
Members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Hajj on Thursday night inspected facilities and welfare services provided to Nigerian pilgrims in Mina.
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, on Thursday carried out an inspection of key facilities in four sacred sites (Masha’ir) in Mecca.
AbdulHakeem Ajomagberin says all 1,600 pilgrims from Lagos have been transported to Mecca.
The special adviser on Islamic matters to the Lagos governor, Abdullahi Jebe, has commended President Bola Tinubu for setting a high standard and refining the hajj operations.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, on Monday engaged the Nigerian hajj authorities on how to properly guide pilgrims in the performance of the spiritual rites.
Mr Ibrahim said the unions had presented a demand for a minimum 40 per cent salary increase.
The Katsina government has approved a ₦3.8 billion loan facility to secure 3,890 hajj slots for intending pilgrims from the state for the 2026 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
