Patriotic Muslim Front (PMF), a coalition of young Muslim intellectuals,
politicians and students are calling for a reduction in the fare for
this year’s Hajj pilgrimage as they argue the increment is unjustified.
The Pilgrimage Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG), in collaboration with
Hajj Agents Association, has pegged this year’s Hajj pilgrimage fare at
GH¢19,500, an equivalent of $3,500 dollars.
The fare represents a 23 per cent (GH¢ 4,500) increment from last year’s which was GH¢15,000.
Sheikh I.C. Quaye, Chairman of PAOG at a press conference at the Hajj
Village in Accra mentioned that the new fare could have been higher but
for the intervention by the government to make it affordable for more
people to perform the Hajj.
But PMF says the increment should be looked at again.
“What makes it necessary for the board to increase the fare have
remained same. The airlines and accommodation and some charges that the
Saudi authority renders have been constant,” Convener of the Group
Mohammed Haruna argues in his interview with TV3.
Meanwhile I.C Quaye is urging interested pilgrims to pay the money to
their respective hajj agents by April 30, 2019. He stressed there would
not be extension of the deadline.
Group protests Hajj fare increment
