Published on Thursday 6th February 2025
The Interim Hajj Taskforce constituted by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama has announced the new Hajj fare for the 2025 Hajj season at GH¢62,000.
The amount is equivalent to $4,130 at an exchange rate of 15 Cedis to a dollar.
Chairman of the taskforce, Alhaji Collins Dauda made the announcement at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday
This amount represented a 17.3 per cent reduction in the previous year’s fare of GH¢75,000.
The taskforce also announced an accumulated debt of $5,409,526.66 (GHC81,142,899.90) left by the previous administration.
The reduction was based on the advice of President John Dramani Mahama who is committed to ensuring that Hajj is affordable for the average Ghanaian Muslim.
The commitment is in fulfillment of a promise made to the Muslim community in the run up to the 2024 General election.
The taskforce took advantage of the recent Hajj conference in Saudi Arabia to renegotiate with Ghana’s service providers with led to favourable agreements.
Through the diligent negotiations and collaboration, the taskforce successfully secured a significant reduction in the hajj fare for 2025.
This certainly represents a substantial decrease from $6,500 to $4,130.
The Interim Chairman disclosed that the government would initiate an investigation to unravel the circumstances leading to the accumulated debt.
The debt entailed $446,933 to catering service providers, $4,429,260 to Flynas, and about $533,333 for education and teaching services.
Source: 2025 Hajj Affairs Committee