Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board is to begin biometric data capturing for its 1, 200 intending pilgrims for the 2018 Hajj exercise.
Alhaji Usman Gurama, Executive Secretary of the board, made the disclosure at the closing of induction course for the intending pilgrims in Gombe on Sunday.
He said those that would conduct the biometric capturing were expected to arrive Gombe on Sunday.
According to him, the exercise which is a directive from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the only challenge facing the board.
He advised the pilgrims to create time and avail themselves to be captured to enable them depart on time.
Gurama also warned the intending pilgrims against carrying more than 32 kilogrammes of luggage and eight kilogrammes of hand bag.
He advised them to take good care of their Basic Transport Allowance (BTA) while in Nigeria and in the Holy…
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