The Hajj and Umrah Operators has described the allegations made by some members of AHUON as baseless and a self-defeating tantrum.
The Chairman of HUTUOA Alh Suleiman Awwal denied the accusation yesterday in a chat with HAJJ REPORTERS.
Awwal, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, said it is quite unfortunate that people can descend so dirty in trying to tarnish the image of a supervisory institution that is actually trying its best to rescue a challenging situation.
“Let me be frank with you, the Tour Operators who withdrew know that they are the causative agent of their problem because they chose a failed service provider and are now left with no option but to be searching for scapegoats.
“Did NAHCON force them to choose a service providers who everyone knows has failed in the past, the same service providers they themselves wrote petitions against”?
It was their service providers that failed them because they couldn’t meet all the laid down procedure for booking their services. NAHCON even went ahead by trying to incorporate them under States Muslim Pilgrims Services and yet, they turned around and accuse NAHCON.
You claimed an institution is corrupt and yet you have been operating since then without raising an alarm, using the license of that institution to look for meal and just because you shoot yourself in the foot, you are now tarnishing the image of that institution.
HUTUOA rather commended NAHCIN for allowing every Tour Operator member to choose their service providers for Hajj 2025.
We approached Rawaf Mina after seeing their packages and track records, and other members now follow us to pick Rawaf Mina
“On this note, we want to inform the general public that those who withdraw from this year’s hajj are those who chose a failed service provider and want to derail the year 2025 hajj for tour operators”
Awwal said it’s illogical to claim that NAHCON is behind their problem. There are 118 licensed Hajj Companies for the 2025 Hajj lead by 9 Companies. Out of this number, 9 Companies are currently operating under Rawaf Mina and have even states issuing Hajj visas. How can one be crying wolf?
Again, 9 out of the ten leading Companies are participating in the Hajj 2025, only one company is left out. So, their withdrawal is simply a blackmail project.
Below is the list of nine leading companies;
AL KAUTHAR TRAVELS & TOURS LTD
AL HUJAAJ INT’L UMRAH & HAJJ SERVICES LTD
DALA AIR SERVICES LTD
HAMSYL TRAVELS & TOURS LTD
HABDAT XPRESS TRAVELS LTD
OMOSA TRAVELS LTD
PORTFOLIO TRAVELS & TOURS LTD
SHEBRA TRAVELS LTD
ZANGO TRAVELS & TOURS LTD.
