USUK card a license to holy sites 

Omeiza Bilal

The Saudi Arabia ministry of Hajj and Umrah has made it mandatory for pilgrims from all countries participating in the 2025 hajj to have a Nusuk card that carries their details. The ministry disclosed that this is for easy identification of genuine pilgrims as well as gaining access to the holy sites in both Makkah, Madina and Masha’ir. 

Hence, the Madina NAHCON committee on Passport Management Control was saddled with the responsibility of getting the Nusuk Card for Nigerian pilgrims. Reason why since it’s arrival in the Kingdom on 5/05/2025, the committee has been working round the clock to get the cards ready before the arrival of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

Though, they work nonstop to achieve the maximum results, the head of the committee in Madina, Dr. Aliyu Abdulmumin Abdulhameed appealed to all stakeholders particularly the State Welfare Boards to forward manifest of their intending pilgrims to the Madina office 24 hours before the arrival of the pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This he said will ease the issuance and activation of the NUSUK card for the pilgrims as they arrive.