Bauchi pilgrims advised on Nusuk cards, Hajj BTA, travel regulations

The Executive Secretary of the Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Imam Abdurrahman Ibrahim Idris, has urged intending pilgrims to safeguard their Nusuk cards portion successful Saudi Arabia, informing that nonaccomplishment of the paper could effect successful deportation.

He explained that the Nusuk Card is simply a mandatory integer and carnal recognition paper issued escaped of complaint by Saudi authorities for the 2025/2026 Hajj.

According to him, the paper serves arsenic an authoritative licence granting entree to Makkah, the Grand Mosque, and different beatified sites, including Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah.

He added that it besides facilitates indispensable services specified arsenic accommodation and transportation, and is accessible via the Nusuk platform.

Imam Idris disclosed this during a property briefing astatine his bureau successful Bauchi, wherever helium besides announced a alteration successful the departure clip for the archetypal batch of intending pilgrims for the 2026 Hajj.

He said the formation is present scheduled to depart astatine 4:50 p.m. connected May 7, alternatively of 8:29 pm, owed to operational adjustments.

The Executive Secretary stated that screening procedures volition commence aft the authorities governor, Bala Mohammed, delivers the farewell address.

Idris further advised pilgrims to unafraid their Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) to debar loss.