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.
Cost of Hajj 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 YearCost(US dollar)(Ghanaian cedi)20263,30060,00020254,13062,00020246,00075,00020236,50075,00020225,00039,0002021Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-192020Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-1920193,75019,50020183,45015,00020173,45015,00020163,50011, 90020153,45011,90020143,45012,00020133,4506,800
Leadership
Leadership of the National Hajj Council is appointed by President of Ghana in consultation with the Chief Imam of Ghana. Over the years different government administrations have reorganized leadership structure of the Hajj facilitation body under various names.
2017 reconstitution
Akuffo-Addo government in 2017 reconstituted the erstwhile Hajj Committee into three major units supervised by an eleven-member board. 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.
Chronology of leaders Office(s) Officeholder Term startTerm endBoard Chairman Alhaji Abdul Rauf Ibrahim Tanko November 2025Board Chairman Ben Abdallah BandaFebruary 2023October 2025Board ChairmanIbrahim Cudjoe QuayeFebruary 2017January 2023Board ChairmanAbdul Rauf Ibrahim TankoJanuary 2013January 2016Board ChairmanAlhassan Bene20092012
Notes 1. The following persons support leadership of the 2017 Hajj team: Sadique (PhD) - adviser to board chairman, and Gariba Malik - Passport issues.
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