Hajj Costs for 2025 Used to Subsidise 4,760 Ineligible Pilgrims
The State Audit Agency (BPK) has revealed several findings regarding the organisation of the Hajj pilgrimage for the 1446 Hijriah period, or 2025 AD.
One of the findings concerns the compilation of the Hajj Pilgrimage Service Costs (BPIH), which includes costs not directly related to Hajj pilgrim services amounting to Rp64.37 billion,” quoted from the BPK’s Summary of Audit Results for Semester II-2025, on Thursday (23/4/2026).
The value of costs included in the BPIH compilation but not directly related to pilgrim services includes, among others, governance costs for Hajj services, such as socialisation activities, data synchronisation, official travel, purchase of office supplies, vehicle rental, and meeting refreshments.
Then, there are those in the form of fees for financial managers; costs for managing Hajj operational finances, such as official travel, payment of fees, transportation and accommodation, as well as monitoring and evaluation activities; and support costs for asset maintenance, namely the maintenance of operational Hajj assets in the country.
In addition, the determination of budget allocation for Hajj operational financial management activities in 8 work units uses package units without support from a Budget Plan (RAB) as the basis for calculation.
“As a result, the allocation of Hajj travel cost funds (Bipih) and portion numbers (NM) is higher than the actual needs, and the performance indicators for budget planning cannot measure the components forming the price,” as stated in the BPK’s Semester II-2025 IHPS.
Regarding this issue, BPK states that it has provided recommendations to the Minister of Religious Affairs together with the Minister of Hajj and Umrah to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and the Hajj Financial Management Agency (BPKH) for budgeting the BPIH using state budget (APBN) funds and other legitimate funds, as well as compiling specific volumes and unit prices for all cost unit prices.
Another finding related to the 2025 BPIH is the use of funds amounting to Rp161.73 billion to cover Hajj costs for pilgrims who are not entitled, for example, 504 pilgrims departing in 1446H/2025M who have performed Hajj in the last 10 years.
Furthermore, also for filling the quota of 2,682 merged mahram pilgrims who do not have family relations; and filling the quota of 1,574 transferred portion pilgrims not in accordance with regulations.
“As a result, the 1446H/2025M BPIH is used to subsidise 4,760 pilgrims who should not depart, burdening Hajj finances, and delaying the departure of Hajj for pilgrims who already meet the requirements according to regulations,” as stated in the BPK report.
For this issue, BPK recommends that the Minister of Religious Affairs, together with the Minister of Hajj and Umrah, collaborate with the Ministry of Home Affairs to verify the accuracy of population data for merged and transferred pilgrims, and to cancel quotas for merged and transferred pilgrims that do not comply with regulations.
Another finding concerns goods that have been procured not in accordance with contract provisions and not yet utilised, including the Indonesian Hajj Health Clinic (KKHI) Building in Mecca, which has been rented for pilgrim health services, cannot be maximally used due to the pending Civil Defense certificate.
There are also Hajj health supplies worth Rp2.61 billion with a shorter expiry period than specified in the contract, and Rp1.34 billion of which have expiry dates from August 2025 to April 2026, thus potentially not utilisable for the 2026 Hajj health services.
The results of procuring 9,139 vials of poliomyelitis vaccine for Hajj pilgrims worth Rp1.74 billion are also recorded as not yet utilised.
Due to these various problems, the purpose of renting the KKHI Building is not achieved, the Ministry of Health does not obtain Hajj medicines and supplies with expiry periods according to needs, there is potential waste of Rp1.34 billion, and the procurement results of poliomyelitis vaccine are not utilised for Hajj pilgrims.
“BPK recommends that the Minister of Health improve coordination with the Saudi Arabian Government regarding the clarity of the KKHI building status, monitor remaining medicines/supplies with non-compliant expiry dates and ensure their replacement, and conduct internal coordination regarding the utilisation of remaining poliomyelitis vaccine procurement,” writes BPK in the IHPS.
Overall, BPK states that the performance audit results on the effectiveness of the 1446H/2025M Hajj pilgrimage organisation reveal 14 findings containing 17 ineffectiveness problems.
Meanwhile, the compliance audit results on the Hajj pilgrimage organisation reveal 14 findings containing 22 problems. These problems include 6 weaknesses in the internal control system (SPI), 11 non-compliance problems amounting to Rp5.89 billion, and 5 3E (Economisation, Efficiency, Effectiveness) problems amounting to Rp697.14 million.