NAHCON redeploys staff to MDAs to ‘eliminate redundancy’

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced a minor workforce shake-up to “eliminate redundancy” and improve service delivery.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Fatima Usara, NAHCON’s assistant director of information and publication, said the decision was reached at the board’s meeting in August.

“The Commission’s executive arm has effected the reposting of pool officers back to their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies with immediate effect,” the statement reads.

Usara said the affected staff were notified of their redeployment on September 4.

“The Board’s decision was taken primarily to eliminate redundancy and reposition the Commission for enhanced, effective, and efficient service delivery. This step was also taken to motivate staff towards higher performance,” it added. 

“To support the ongoing reforms, the Board approved the promotion of some deserving officers.

“It also approved Capacity Building Programs for the entire staff aimed at equipping employees with the requisite skills to achieve the organisational objectives of the Commission.”

Abdullahi Usman, NAHCON’s chairman, said the commission will “continue to introduce other reforms for enhanced productivity”.

The promoted staff commended Usman and the board for their recognition and for appointing Alidu Shutti as director of administration.