ATTY Mehol K. Sadain, New NCMF Secretary and CEO
"" Lest we forget, the business of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos is to look after the welfare of the Muslim Filipinos and EMPOWER them through its many mandates. The Hajj is just one function of the NCMF, and is supposed to be "routine" as it is done every year, it is one of the pillars of Islam and is an obligation to all Muslims who can afford the journey.
However, the NCMF has not moved away from focusing on the Hajj to the prejudice of its other functions, because even if we do it every year, it is always beset with problems. We, in the present Commission will not pretend that we can solve all these problems at once; but we shall exert utmost effort to remedy these problems, and we shall start by being TRANSPARENT IN THE CONTRACTS THAT WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO DURING THE HAJJ; by COORDINATING WITH HAJ STAKEHOLDERS, from the pilgrims, to the Shaykhs, to the travel agencies, to the Saudi Embassy, and to our local leaders; by REQUIRING all stakeholders TO OBSERVE the DEADLINES and the QUOTA of pilgrims that we will set; by GIVING the SERVICE that is due to our pilgrims, and most of all, BY TREATING THIS HOLIEST OF ALL JOURNEYS ACCORDING TO WHAT IT REALLY IS:
A SACRED OBLIGATION and not a PROFIT-MAKING VENTURE.
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