The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has introduced an online Hajj system called Online Pilgrims Registration to computerize the Hajj operations in Nigeria. This step has been taken on the proposal of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
The NAHCON was planning to replicate the Hajj operations as operated online in Pakistan. To carry out the execution, a meeting was held between NAHCON and Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony of Pakistan. As a result, Nigeria is the first country in the West Africa to put forward an Online Pilgrims Registration platform.
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The online Hajj system is going to start serving the Nigerian pilgrims from this year. Out of 95,000 pilgrims, the government will be handling a total of 75,000. The rest of the pilgrims will be served through private operations.
Pakistan’s Online Pilgrims Platform
The Pakistani online Hajj system is commended by the pilgrims throughout the world. The online platform in Pakistan helps to facilitate the Hajj activities every year. PITB is also working on a complaint registration system to handle public queries during Hajj operations. As a result, the online pilgrim platform saves the public’s time and money by coping with Hajj related problems every year.
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To examine Pakistan’s online platform for pilgrims, Nigeria had sent its delegations to Pakistan’s Hajj Mission. The delegation met the PITB on two occasions at Makkah and appreciated the sincere efforts of the country. Following that, PITB was requested to deploy such system in Nigeria. In March 2017, a delegation was sent to Nigeria by PITB with the purpose of collecting information required to setup a similar system in Nigeria. The particulars required for the online pilgrims systems included: a mechanism for selecting the pilgrims, registration of the pilgrims, details regarding Hajj camps and flights.
By May 2017, PITB presented Nigeria with an online Hajj system of their own. To operate the system, PITB also provided training to 5 Nigerian individuals. Subsequently, these trained individuals are then sought to demonstrate the same to the officials in the rest of the 36 states and 776 towns of Nigeria.
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