Hajj operators urge NLC, TUC to postpone strike

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The Association of Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria (AHUON) has called connected the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to discontinue the ongoing strike, considering that the timing is incorrect and unfavourable for the Nigerian Muslim community. It, therefore, asked that the onslaught beryllium suspended till aft the Hajj pilgrimage.

In a connection by its National President, Abdulateef Ekundayo Yusuf, the radical said: “We would similar to telephone the attraction of the labour legislature to the interaction of the onslaught connected 1 of the astir cardinal pillars of Islam, which is Hajj, followed by Eid Kabir festival nationwide and the fiscal implications the onslaught volition person connected Muslims who person saved for years to beryllium capable to embark connected this beatified journey.”

AHOUN besides pointed retired the fiscal nonaccomplishment the onslaught would person connected its members, saying that it would tally into billions, arsenic they person made arrangements for accommodation, proscription and feeding successful some Mecca and Madinah, including tickets and visas for thousands of people, who volition beryllium affected by the disruption of some section and planetary flights operations.

The body, therefore, called connected the labour unions to reconsider their stance successful the involvement of Nigerian Muslims, who signifier the bulk of their membership.

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