- President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reconstituted the National Hajj Board.
In a statement released by the Presidency, some 16 persons have been named as members of the board with Alhaji Ben Abdalla Banda as the new chairman.
The Hajj Board is a Division under the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main mandate of the board is to oversee the annual airlifting of Ghanaian Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
The new composition is as follows:
HAJJ BOARD
1.Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda- Chairman
2.Habib Iddrisu – Member
3.Hajia Safia Mohammed – Member
4.Chief Saddique Jimala III – Member
5.Sheikh Amin Bonsu – Member
6.Alhaji Inusah Amadau – Member
7.Osumanu Yunusah
8.Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed – Member
9.Seidu Zakaria – Member
10.Abdul Rahman Alhassan Gomda – Member
11.Alhaji Musah Akambonga – Member
12.Hajia Azara Haroun – Member
HAJJ BOARD SECRETARIAT
13.Alhaji Farouk Hamza – Executive Secretary
14.Ibrahim Adjei – Member
15.Ahmed Abu – Member
16.Ahmed Tijani – Member