{"id":343980,"date":"2017-08-11T07:25:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T07:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343980"},"modified":"2017-08-11T07:25:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T07:25:17","slug":"hajj-pilgrims-stranded-at-tamale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/hajj-pilgrims-stranded-at-tamale\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj Pilgrims stranded at Tamale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The over 500 pilgrims are stranded at the Tamale Sports Stadium where the Tamale Hajj Village is relocated.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Regional Coordinating Council in an attempt to persuade the angry Pilgrims at 12 midnight gave them biscuits and soft drinks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-241126\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Hajj-5.jpg\" alt=\"Hajj 5\" width=\"720\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is unknown when the first flight will take off from the Tamale Airport to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier at the Durbar, the Vice President touted this year&#8217;s Hajj organization as unique and urged the I.C Quaye led Board to remain focused.<\/p>\n<p>Five flights were scheduled to fly direct from the Tamale Airport to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karin Naatogmah\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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