Mecca: Majority of Ghanaian Pilgrims who have succefully performed this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia have commended the Ghana Hajj Board for its Secutity Assistance Team initiative where Muslim security personnel drawn from the various security services in Ghana are selected to provide professional security services and intelligence which includes crowd control, pilgrims security welfare, interligence gathering and many relevant aspects of security.
The SAT undergone rigorous two weeks simulation exercise at the Bundase military camp in Accra ahead of the Hajj as part of preparations of SAT. The goal of the initiative is to ensure the safety of Ghanaian pilgrims and adhering Saudi Arabian security regulations.
Previousely, Ghanaian pilgrim's rights to certain facilities in Saudi Arabia during Hajj especially at Mina has always been taken away by Ghanaians living in Saudi Arabia who comes to perform Hajj, but with the presence of the Security Assistance team, such incidents were never recorded from last year to this year. Pilgrims safety was secured as well as their comfort wherever they find themselves during the Hajj.
The pictures displayed in this story is the weighing in of the first batch of Ghanaian pilgrims scheduled to depart to Tamale on August 26, 2019. Personnel from SAT wearing brown jackets seen in the photographs are effectively carrying out their duties which has brought serenity and orderly in executing the weighing exercise. The team will continue with this duty and other duties until all Ghanaian pilgrims are sent home by the pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana.
END/ Tanko Mohammed Rabiu/ Hajj communications
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