HAJJ 2022- GHANA SHARES EXCESS FOOD TO PILGRIMS OF OTHER COUNTRIES

 MINA, SAUDI ARABIA 

Pilgrims from some African countries that shares boundaries with Ghana camp in Mina at the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, have benefited from the excess food given to Ghanaian pilgrims by the Ghana Hajj board as part of their daily meals during their stay in Mina.

Some members of the Ghana Hajj task force and the communication unit led by the deputy communication director, Hajia Sissey Mariam went round and distributed the excess "Ghana Jollof" to some pilgrims of other countries closer to Ghana's camp in Mina for the sake of oneness, regional- religious integration and for mankind. These pilgrims received the food with smiles on their faces depicting solidarity with thanks to Ghana Hajj Board and the president of Ghana and vice president Dr Alhaji Mahamud Bawumia for making it possible for Ghanaians to have enough food which ends up benefiting other people.

The quality of the food is something that Ghanaian pilgrims are commending and other pilgrims who are fortunate to taste the food are talking about with sincerity.

The Ghana Hajj board make available three square meals to Ghanaian pilgrims since they arrived in Mina for the Hajj and this gestures and privileges are missing in many countries participating in this year's Hajj especially the African countries.

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HAJJ 2022- OTHER AFRICA PILGRIMS COMMENDS GHANA HAJJ BOARD FOR EXCELLENT ORGANISATION

 MINA, SAUDI ARABIA 

Most pilgrims from other African countries like Chad, Nigeria, Togo, Mali, BurkinaFaso, Senegal and host of other countries have lauded and commended the Ghana Hajj board for an excellent and well organised Hajj operations in this year's Hajj despite the short period Ghana used in airlifting its pilgrims.

These commendations and praises comes on the backdrop of how Ghanaian pilgrims easily identify and locate their place of residence in Mina and Arafah and most especially the signals kept at advantage points from the exit of Jamarat to the tents of Ghana.

Ghana flag stickers and flags have been posted and hoisted respectively directing Ghanaian pilgrims to their tents which has immensely aided Ghanaian pilgrims to their tents without getting missing as it is happening to most pilgrims from other African countries.

Most pilgrims from these African countries are making good use of the posted and hoisted Ghana flags especially countries that have their tents closer or nearer Ghana's tents.

Mina is a city of about 2 million tents dotted around a certain area demarcation and are identical to each other and all in white colour with the same shape and sizes depending on how one looks at it.

Apart from the posting and hosting of Ghana flags and stickers, selected officials and pilgrims from Ghana have been tasked with the responsibility of always moving around with Ghana colors especially when pilgrims are at Jamarat, Muzdalifa and Within Mina for easy location of lost Ghanaian pilgrims.

Although each tents in Mina has a service number, pilgrims still get loss due to the complexity of the structural arrangements of the tents.

To be fair to the other Aftican countries, few of their Hajj commission officials wears a reflector jackets but is not enough or is inadequate to get their pilgrims locate their tents with ease.

Our news team encountered with these pilgrims from Africa countries who got lost  returning from Jamarat ( Devil Stoning). Majority of the lost pilgrims from these countries confided in our news reporters that they follow the arrangement of the Ghana flags and stickers to where their tents are because their tents are near Ghana's tents. They therefore commended the Ghana Hajj board and the pilgrims affairs office of Ghana for that humanitarian initiative which is lacking in their respective Hajj missions.

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HAJJ 2022- SPECIAL QURANIC RECITATION FOR GHANA'S PROGRESS

ARAFAH, SAUDI ARABIA 

A special Quranic recitation was organised and delivered  on Arafah day which is the pillar of Hajj by the leadership of the Ghana Hajj Board led by Alhaji Farouk Hamza who is currently the leader of the Ghana Hajj operations in this year's Hajj in the absence of the Hajj Board Chairman Sheikh I.C Quaye for the economic transformation and peace in Ghana. 

The Quranic recitations was also highly supported by the Ghana Embassy in Saudi Arabia led by the Ambassador H.E Alhaji Habib Tijani and other officials of the Embassy.

The initiators of the Quranic recitations took advantage of the importance of Arafah and Arafah falling on a Friday which is a day of worth praying for.

Without Arafah there is no Hajj according to the Qur'an and the day of Arafah is a special day for Allah and it comes once every year on the 9th of Zulhija. 

The Dawah committee of the Hajj board, mobilised and recited the verses of the Holy Quran in Arafah and later prayed for Ghana.

The Ghana Ambassador to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Habib Tijani calls for peace and Unity in the northern part of Ghana after calling for economic transformation and recovery of Ghana.

The leader of the Ghana Hajj mission, Alhaji farouk Hamza supported by members of the Hajj board has taken advantage of the Quranic recitations on Arafah day to ask for peace and progress of the Akuffo Addo government and vice president Alhaji Dr Mahamud Bawumia for continues guidance in delivery the country to prosperity.

Despite the absence of the Hajj Board Chairman, Sheikh I.C Quaye, the Director of Finance and administration of the pilgrims affairs office of Ghana Alhaji Farouk Hamza and other members of the board, within shortest time, have single handedly executed this year's Hajj without any difficulty and all Ghanaian pilgrims who were airlifted to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, have duly completed all the rituals of Hajj under well supervised departments of the Hajj establishment.

The Quranic recitations was also to thank Allah for a successful 2022 Hajj operations while asking for Allah's guidance in the next Hajj to come in 2023 and beyond.

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