 Entrance to the Ghana Hajj Village near Kotoka International Airport | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Parent agency | Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana |
| Website | hajj |
National Hajj Council (also National Hajj Committee or Ghana Hajj Secretariat or Ghana Hajj Board) is a division under the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was set up to oversee the annual airlifting of Ghanaian Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. [1] [2]
The cost of Hajj per head experience frequent fluctuations, falling in some years and rising in others mainly due to the instability of the Ghanaian cedi. When pegged against the US dollar however the unit cost kept changing depending on other factors like exchange rate, flight ticket among others
| Year | Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| (US dollar) | (Ghanaian cedi) | |
| 2023 [3] | 6,500 | 75,000 |
| 2022 [4] | 5,000 | 39,000 |
| 2021 [5] | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 [6] |
| 2020 [7] | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 [8] |
| 2019 [9] | 3,750 | 19,500 |
| 2018 [10] | 3,450 | 15,000 |
| 2017 [11] | 3,450 | 15,000 |
| 2016 [12] | 3,500 | 11, 900 |
| 2015 [13] | 3,450 | 11,900 |
| 2014 [14] | 3,450 | 12,000 |
| 2013 [15] | 3,450 | 6,800 |
Leadership of the National Hajj Council is appointed by President of Ghana in consultation with the Chief Imam of Ghana. [16] Over the years different government administrations have reorganized leadership structure of the Hajj facilitation body under various names.
Akuffo-Addo government in 2017 reconstituted the erstwhile Hajj Committee into three major units supervised by an eleven-member board. Note 1 The three units are Medical, Communications and an Information Technology directorate; the latter tasked with the responsibility to build and deploy a technology infrastructure to manage all Hajj operations.
| Office(s) | Officeholder | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board Chairman | Ben Abdallah Banda [17] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Habib Iddrisu [18] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Safia Mohammed [19] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Chief Saddique Jimala III [19] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Inusah Amadau [20] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Osumanu Yunusah [19] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Abdul Rahman Alhassan Gomda [20] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Musah Akambonga [19] | February 2023 | |
| Board member | Hajia Azara Haroun [19] | February 2023 | |
| Executive Secretary | Farouk Hamza [21] | February 2023 | |
| Executive Secretary member | Ibrahim Adjei [22] | February 2023 | |
| Executive Secretary member | Ahmed Abu [23] | February 2023 | |
| Executive Secretary member | Ahmed Tijani [24] | February 2023 | |
| Board chairman | Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member | Abdul Malik Adams Gariba [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member, Finance and Administration | Farouk Hamza [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member, Welfare | Amin Bonsu [25] | February 2017 | |
| Board member, Representative of Agents | Inusa Amadu [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member | Kamal-Deen Abdulai [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member | Ismaela Ibrahim [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member | Mohammed Osmanu Alidu [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member, Accommodation | Mohammed Osumanu Yunusah [25] (PhD) | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member | Braimah Adams [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Board member, Da'awah | Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed [25] (PhD) | February 2017 | |
| Head of Medical unit | Seidu Zakaria [25] | February 2017 | |
| Head of Communications | Abdul Rahman Alhassan Gomda [25] | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Head of Information Technology | Mohammed-Sani Abdulai [25] (PhD) | February 2017 | January 2023 |
| Committee chairman | Abdul Rauf Ibrahim Tanko [26] | January 2012 | January 2017 |
| Executive Secretary | Abdulai Nashiru [27] | January 2012 | January 2017 |
| Public Relations Officer | Alhassan Suhuyini [28] | January 2012 | January 2017 |
| Finance Officer | Mohammed Muniru | January 2012 | January 2017 |
| Head of Security | Sumaila Yahaya [29] | January 2012 | January 2017 |
| Committee chairman | Limuna Mohammed Muniru [30] | 2008 | 2012 |
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