First batch of Hajj Pilgrims to leave Tamale Airport today

The first batch of 500 Hajj pilgrims will leave the Tamale Airport to Jeddah today. 

The next batch which is another five hundred will leave Saturday August 20, 2016 and the third batch of another five hundred will also leave on Sunday August 21. 

GBC’s Northern Regional Correspondent Murtala Issah in an interview said the first batch has checked in at the Airport. 

This is the first time pilgrims are moving directly from Tamale to Jeddah. 

The National Hajj board said the move will make it convenient for all prospective pilgrims from the three regions of the North who hitherto had to travel to Accra.

GBC