GHANA'S HAJJ QUOTA INCREASED FOR 2017

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Chairman of the National Hajj Board, Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye, says this year’s Hajj Pilgrimage with be one of a marked and positive difference relative all the previous trips.

 He disclosed that already, the government of Saudi Arabia has increased Ghana’s quota from over five thousand in 2016 to six thousand 200 this year given room for more willing and capable Muslims to undertake one of the important obligations of Islam. 

Sheikh I.C. Quaye made this known at Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti region during a meeting of President Akufo-Addo and the leadership of the Muslim and Zongo communities. 

The meeting was an initiative of the President to show appreciation to the two communities for their contribution towards victory of the Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP in last December’s elections.

 Sheikh I.C. Quaye disclosed also that for the first time in the history of the Hajj pilgrimage, government has budgeted to provide all the pilgrims three meals a day free of charge during the period of their stay for the Hajj.

 He said despite the huge indebtedness of the National Hajj Board as inherited from the previous government, plans are already in place to ensure that this year’s Hajj becomes very successful.


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