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Tinubu appoints Ismail Yusuf as NAHCON chairman to replace Abdullahi Usman
President Bola Tinubu Ismail Abba Yusuf as the new chairman of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON).
In a statement on Wednesday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Yusuf’s appointment is subject to the senate’s approval in accordance with the provisions of section 3(2) of the NAHCON Act, 2026.
Onanuga said the president has sent a letter to the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, requesting the expeditious confirmation of Yusuf to replace Abdullahi Usman, who resigned this week, after about 14 months in the post.
Yusuf served as the Nigerian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Türkiye from 2021 to 2024.
