{"id":4389,"date":"2026-05-01T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:08:16","slug":"federal-government-weighs-support-for-airlines-ahead-of-2026-hajj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389","title":{"rendered":"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mubarak Mahmood <\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf says the Federal Government is considering policy measures to support Nigerian airlines ahead of the 2026 Hajj operations.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the move is aimed at cushioning the impact of the rising global cost of aviation fuel, especially for carriers involved in transporting pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Yusuf made this known while providing updates on preparations for the 2026 Hajj exercise, noting that the Commission is engaging key stakeholders in the aviation sector.<\/p>\n<p>He said discussions on operational logistics, particularly aviation fuel supply and pricing, are part of routine pre-Hajj planning and are being addressed through established frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>The NAHCON Chairman dismissed reports claiming that some contracted airlines were unwilling to participate due to high fuel costs, describing such claims as false and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured that all necessary arrangements are progressing smoothly, with the inaugural flight for the 2026 Hajj scheduled to take off on May 3rd, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Yusuf said that the Federal Government\u2019s intervention is intended to strike a balance between supporting airline operators and protecting pilgrims from high airfare.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed confidence that, despite current economic challenges, the airlift of Nigerian pilgrims both outbound and return will be conducted efficiently, ensuring a smooth and successful Hajj exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mubarak Mahmood The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf says the Federal Government is considering policy measures to support Nigerian airlines ahead of the 2026 Hajj operations. He explained that the move is aimed at cushioning the impact of the rising global cost of aviation fuel, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,18,16,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline","category-heritage","category-news","category-religious"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj - Radio Nigeria North East Zone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj - Radio Nigeria North East Zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Mubarak Mahmood The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf says the Federal Government is considering policy measures to support Nigerian airlines ahead of the 2026 Hajj operations. He explained that the move is aimed at cushioning the impact of the rising global cost of aviation fuel, especially [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Radio Nigeria North East Zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1ABHtNEaVZ\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1948kg2Ut5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-01T13:08:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"869\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2478b1b868a8f1c08a541d6075c305eb\"},\"headline\":\"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T13:08:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Headline\",\"Heritage\",\"News\",\"Religious\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389\",\"name\":\"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj - Radio Nigeria North East Zone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T13:08:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg\",\"width\":869,\"height\":604},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?p=4389#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Radio Nigeria North East Zone\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Radio Nigeria North East Zone\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/cropped-download.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/cropped-download.jpg\",\"width\":160,\"height\":155,\"caption\":\"Radio Nigeria North East Zone\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/share\\\/1ABHtNEaVZ\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2478b1b868a8f1c08a541d6075c305eb\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eb52592ed0e455950b7b9534e7fc3b422d1662a88a2a23d81b67843d72f9651c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eb52592ed0e455950b7b9534e7fc3b422d1662a88a2a23d81b67843d72f9651c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eb52592ed0e455950b7b9534e7fc3b422d1662a88a2a23d81b67843d72f9651c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"description\":\"System Security Administrator.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/share\\\/1948kg2Ut5\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\\\/author\\\/radiongnez\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj - Radio Nigeria North East Zone","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj - Radio Nigeria North East Zone","og_description":"By Mubarak Mahmood The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf says the Federal Government is considering policy measures to support Nigerian airlines ahead of the 2026 Hajj operations. He explained that the move is aimed at cushioning the impact of the rising global cost of aviation fuel, especially [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389","og_site_name":"Radio Nigeria North East Zone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1ABHtNEaVZ\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1948kg2Ut5\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-01T13:08:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":869,"height":604,"url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/2478b1b868a8f1c08a541d6075c305eb"},"headline":"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj","datePublished":"2026-05-01T13:08:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389"},"wordCount":222,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg","articleSection":["Headline","Heritage","News","Religious"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389","url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389","name":"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj - Radio Nigeria North East Zone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-01T13:08:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg","width":869,"height":604},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?p=4389#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Federal Government weighs support for airlines ahead of 2026 Hajj"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/","name":"Radio Nigeria North East Zone","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#organization","name":"Radio Nigeria North East Zone","url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.jpg","width":160,"height":155,"caption":"Radio Nigeria North East Zone"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1ABHtNEaVZ\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/2478b1b868a8f1c08a541d6075c305eb","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb52592ed0e455950b7b9534e7fc3b422d1662a88a2a23d81b67843d72f9651c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb52592ed0e455950b7b9534e7fc3b422d1662a88a2a23d81b67843d72f9651c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb52592ed0e455950b7b9534e7fc3b422d1662a88a2a23d81b67843d72f9651c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"description":"System Security Administrator.","sameAs":["https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1948kg2Ut5\/"],"url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/author\/radiongnez"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260501-WA0005.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4390,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions\/4390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionigerianortheast.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}