{"id":156556,"date":"2015-10-02T05:27:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T05:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=156556"},"modified":"2015-10-03T17:24:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T17:24:48","slug":"ban-aged-from-going-to-mecca-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/ban-aged-from-going-to-mecca-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban aged from going to Mecca \u2013 Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Said Sinare has asked government to consider banning the aged from embarking on a trip to perform the annual hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was commenting on the death of some senior citizens who took part in the ritual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;unXrjKRWzBgJyuWH1cPY9tH04ccVVKi5&#8243;]According to the Ambassador, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/10\/01\/five-ghanaians-die-in-mecca-stampede-21-still-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\">five died in a stampede<\/a><\/strong><\/span> while eight others died natural deaths adding that 21 have also gone missing during a head count.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSome died in the clinics and others died while they were asleep. Some are very old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Alhaji Sinare lamented that the aged usually lose their lives during the pilgrimage because it is a \u00a0tough exercise and \u201cif you are not strong, you will go down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ambassador while speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong> said he will recommend to government to consider stopping senior citizens from going to Saudi Arabia saying \u00a0\u201c&#8230;this is one of my recommendations that I\u2019m going to give to government at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also suggested that the elderly persons who still insist on embarking on the pilgrimage should get an aide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI want to advise our people back home that anytime they want to perform the hajj, then it is better to get an extra ticket for someone who is very young to take care of them because it\u2019s not an easy exercise. If you are not strong believe me, you will go down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn a situation where the elderly who are very old and they don\u2019t have anybody to take care of them then they shouldn\u2019t allow them to perform the hajj because it doesn\u2019t make sense at all to me because they come here they go through hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 700 pilgrims lost their lives in a stampede when the pilgrims were going through a ritual known as \u2018stoning the devil.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident has been described as the deadliest to have occurred in the 25-year history of Hajj.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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