Ben Abdallah Banda chairs Hajj Board in latest shake-up

Sheikh I C Quaye has been removed as chairman of the Hajj Board as President Akufo-Addo reconstitutes membership of the board.

A statement from the Jubilee House named the coordinator for Zongo and Inner City Development and Former Offinso South MP Alhaji Ben Abdallah as the new Chairman.

11 new members have been named including the Deputy Majority Chief Whip Habib Iddrisu as members to oversee the participation of Ghanaian Muslims in the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The new composition is as follows:

HAJJ BOARD

1.Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda- Chairman

2.Habib Iddrisu – Member

3.Hajia Safia Mohammed – Member

4. Chief Saddique Jimala III – Member

5. Sheikh Amin Bonsu – Member

6.Alhaji Inusah Amadau – Member

7. Osumanu Yunusah

8. Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed – Member

9.Seidu Zakaria – Member

10.Abdul Rahman Alhassan Gomda – Member

11.Alhaji Musah Akambonga – Member

12.Hajia Azara Haroun – Member

HAJJ BOARD SECRETARIAT

13. Alhaji Farouk Hamza – Executive Secretary

14. Ibrahim Adjei – Member

15. Ahmed Abu – Member

16. Ahmed Tijani – Member