Delay in announcing 2025 Hajj fee frustrating our Hajj preparations – Muslim Group to government

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A group of concerned Muslims has asked the government to announce fees for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage without further delay, describing the prevailing silence as ‘unacceptable’.

In a statement, the group calling itself Concerned Muslims said other West African countries are well advanced in their preparations, adding that with the new Hajj Task Force announced by President Mahama having returned from Saudi Arabia about a fortnight ago after negotiating with service providers and officially signing up for the Hajj, it is concerning that the government has still not announced the fees.

The group maintained that it is also “worried about this inaction and unacceptable breakdown in communication by the government.”

“Pilgrimage to Hajj, as is well known, is a sacred exercise, which every Ghanaian Muslim dream to undertake, and it is also a capital-intensive exercise, which requires adequate financial preparation and readiness, to fulfil this life-long dream,” the group said and called on the government to urgently come out with the fees.

The group wondered whether the government was in any difficulty in announcing the fee or was hindered by its electoral promise to reduce the Hajj fee ‘drastically’ from the GHȼ75,000 charged last year.

“If the NDC and President Mahama are caught up in a conundrum and cannot find the subsidy to fulfill the promise, as recent media reports have said, they should be bold enough and tell us the truth, so that we can move forward,” the group added.

Below is the full statement by the group:

 

Source: Myjoyonline.com

 


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Kennedy Mornah is an Award Winning Ghanaian Journalist with over two decades of experience in the Ghanaian Media landscape spanning the electronic, print and digital media. He is a Media Consultant, a Corporate MC, Radio and TV Host, Founder and Publisher of the Maritime and Transport Digest Newspaper, Businessman, a Go getter and an optimist. He has worked for renowned media organizations including Diamond Fm in Tamale, Luv Fm in Kumasi, Oman Fm in Accra and Starr Fm in Accra In 2017 he received the Reporter of the Year Award at the Ghana Shippers Awards in Accra, Ghana.

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