{"id":302125,"date":"2017-03-16T07:07:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=302125"},"modified":"2017-03-16T07:07:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:07:46","slug":"well-investigate-ghc-24m-debt-hajj-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/well-investigate-ghc-24m-debt-hajj-board\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ll investigate GHc 24m debt – Hajj Board"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Hajj Board says it will push for an investigation\u00a0into the GHc 24 million Hajj debt owed by the previous board to the Saudi Arabian government.<\/p>\n
At a press conference the Chairman of the Hajj Board,\u00a0Sheikh I C Quaye said part of the\u00a0debt was owed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which meant Ghana could forfeit its Hajj slot.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”UHWdt792u9F5mTNsGJKAt1mlc5u1RJ29″]\u201cThe chairman of the previous Hajj Board, Alhaji Abdul Rauf Tanko, has presented a handover notes to the new board with a debt overhang of almost GHc 25 million being outstanding payment to be in respect of 2015 and 2016 Hajj.”<\/p>\n
“But pilgrims must rest assured that a solution has been found and the pilgrimage to Mecca shall surely come off as planned. The appropriate state institutions shall take over the debt issue for further investigation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The chairman added that in spite of the crippling debt, the board has maintained the cost of the hajj package at $3,450 dollars an equivalent of GHc 15, 000 which will come with additional incentives.<\/p>\n
As part of measures by the board to ensure a successful Hajj, he indicated that six flights will airlift pilgrims from the three regions of the north.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cthe Tamale International Airport will be used to lift pilgrims from the Northern part of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Anass Seidu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Hajj Board says it will push for an investigation\u00a0into the GHc 24 million Hajj debt owed by the previous board to the Saudi Arabian government. At a press conference the Chairman of the Hajj Board,\u00a0Sheikh I C Quaye said part of the\u00a0debt was owed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which meant Ghana […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[3,5119],"yoast_head":"\n