Ghanaians Begin Journey To Mecca

This year, more than 5,428 Ghanaian pilgrims will join an estimated 3.8 million on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in a religious journey that is viewed as one of the Muslim faith's greatest acts of worship. In preparation for a successful trip to the Holy land, the Hajj Board, chaired by Alhaji Ibrahim Abdul Rauf Tanko, has assured prospective pilgrims that this year’s hajj will be better organised than last year’s which was largely hailed as the most successful organisation of hajj in Ghana since 2006. The number of pilgrims from Ghana is based on the Saudi Arabia quota system. Every Muslim country has a hajj quota of 1,000 pilgrims per million inhabitants and the biggest contingent of...