Hajj Pilgrims Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/hajj-pilgrims/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Sat, 12 Aug 2017 07:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Hajj Pilgrims Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/hajj-pilgrims/ 32 32 Stranded Hajj pilgrims at the mercy of thieves – Suyuhini https://citifmonline.com/2017/08/stranded-hajj-pilgrims-at-the-mercy-of-thieves-suyuhini/ Sat, 12 Aug 2017 07:04:13 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=344208 The Member of Parliament for the Tamale North constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Suhuyini has complained about conditions Muslims pilgrims in that part of the country are experiencing ahead of the journey to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2017 Hajj. According to him, there have been some robbery cases reported by the […]

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]]> The Member of Parliament for the Tamale North constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Suhuyini has complained about conditions Muslims pilgrims in that part of the country are experiencing ahead of the journey to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2017 Hajj.

According to him, there have been some robbery cases reported by the pilgrims at their camp at the Tamale stadium.

Speaking on Eyewitness News on Friday, Mr. Suhuyini said about four motorbikes have gone missing as well as luggage of some of the pilgrims.

[contextly_sidebar id=”jRiJd2UPgnYHPJYrQRYXXSr596iVY6Kj”]“I’ve heard apart from the sanitary situation, people are stealing all over the place. Because it is very close to the forest and the forest may be inhabited by all kinds of things. Last night I heard they had stolen more than four motorbikes at the place and have even taken some luggage. I can’t confirm this but these are reports I’m hearing from the ground.”

“It tells you that the location is also contributing to the frustration of these pilgrims. If they were located in town where the Jubilee Park is the police barrack is nearby they could have used the facilities that are there to attend to distress call and they could have avoided all of these frustrations instead of demonizing someone and making the other look good,” he added.

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The faith of over 500 pilgrims at the Tamale Sports Stadium was almost dashed following a delayed flight on Thursday.

The Northern Regional Coordinating Council in an attempt to persuade the angry Pilgrims at 12 midnight gave them biscuits and soft drinks.

Meanwhile, the first batch of pilgrims were airlifted to Saudi Arabia late on Friday.

Mr. Suyuhini said relocating the pilgrims from the jubilee park to the stadium was a bad decision.

“…The people who championed the communication pointed to how this was better than what was done in the previous years and how this is going to be better and how people messed up in the previous year and they are going to do it better. All these are needless. Our focus should be on how to get the pilgrims the best experience ever because it is not an easy exercise to perform. So you don’t need some of these frustrations.”

He further urged the pilgrims to remain calm while authorities put measures in place to rectify the issues.

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]]> Hajj Pilgrims stranded at Tamale https://citifmonline.com/2017/08/hajj-pilgrims-stranded-at-tamale/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 07:25:17 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=343980 The pilgrimage by first batch of Ghanaian Hajj Pilgrims is hanging in the balance because their scheduled flight for 8:30 pm Thursday August 10 has failed. The over 500 pilgrims are stranded at the Tamale Sports Stadium where the Tamale Hajj Village is relocated. The Northern Regional Coordinating Council in an attempt to persuade the […]

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]]> The pilgrimage by first batch of Ghanaian Hajj Pilgrims is hanging in the balance because their scheduled flight for 8:30 pm Thursday August 10 has failed.

The over 500 pilgrims are stranded at the Tamale Sports Stadium where the Tamale Hajj Village is relocated.

The Northern Regional Coordinating Council in an attempt to persuade the angry Pilgrims at 12 midnight gave them biscuits and soft drinks.

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It is unknown when the first flight will take off from the Tamale Airport to Saudi Arabia.

Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia remained in Tamale after a pre-departure Durbar at the Tamale Sports Stadium to bid them farewell but eventually got disappointed.

Earlier at the Durbar, the Vice President touted this year’s Hajj organization as unique and urged the I.C Quaye led Board to remain focused.

Five flights were scheduled to fly direct from the Tamale Airport to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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