Hajj: Undergo Medical Screening or forfeit your seats, Kaduna agency tells Intending Pilgrims
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Agency has announced that all registered intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj must undergo compulsory medical screening this week. The screening includes mandatory pregnancy tests for females. In a statement issued by the Agency’s Public Relations Officer, Yunusa Muhammad Abdullahi, he said the exercise is designed to assess the […]
FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, as they perform Eid Al-Adha morning prayers in Mecca, on June 28, 2023. (Photo by Abdulghani BASHEER / AFP)
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Agency has announced that all registered intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj must undergo compulsory medical screening this week.
The screening includes mandatory pregnancy tests for females.
In a statement issued by the Agency’s Public Relations Officer, Yunusa Muhammad Abdullahi, he said the exercise is designed to assess the health status of pilgrims ahead of the spiritual journey.
Abdullahi clarified that the process is not intended to disqualify anyone but to ensure appropriate medical support, particularly for pilgrims with conditions such as diabetes or hypertension.
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He added that pilgrims will receive two meals per day throughout their stay in Saudi Arabia.
He emphasized that only tests conducted in government-approved hospitals would be accepted.
“The medical and pregnancy tests are compulsory. Any pilgrim who refuses to undergo them risks forfeiting their Hajj seat,” the statement warned.
Intending pilgrims have been advised to collect their medical cards from their registration officers before visiting the designated hospitals for the screening.