Nigeria, March 22 -- The Chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Muhammad, has inaugurated a Medical Guidelines Review Committee for 2019 Hajj.

The inauguration, which took place Thursday at the commission's conference room, has members drawn from the Federal Ministry of Health, State Pilgrims' Welfare Boards (SPWB) and staff of NAHCON.

The committee, according to NAHCON spokesperson, Fatima Usara, in a statement, is expected to review existing medical operation's guidelines "due to dynamism of hajj operations that necessitates constant appraisal and re-strategising."

Mrs Usara also said the committee is expected to make recommendations on how to improve on successes so far recorded in hajj medical operation...