Ghana’s Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, departed Accra for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, August 17, 2018 to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj.
Vice President Bawumia, accompanied by his wife, Hajia Samira Bawumia, will join thousands of Ghanaians and millions of Muslims around the world in performing this year’s Hajj.
This was in a statement signed and issued by the Communications Director, Office of the Vice President, Frank Agyei-Twum and copied to gbcghanaonline in Accra.
The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and fulfils one of the conditions for total submission to the will of Allah.
According to the statement, while on the Pilgrimage, Vice President Bawumia will use the spiritual exercise to among others pray for the people and nation of Ghana and request Allah’s blessings for Ghana
The Vice President returns to Ghana on Monday August 27, 2018.
