Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed satisfaction with preparations for this year’s hajj pilgrimage.

Dr Bawumia who paid a visit to the Hajj Village on Thursday, August 3 said: “I am happy with the ongoing facelift and the arrangements made, and commend the Hajj Board for their work so far”.

This was after he inspected facilities at the Hajj Village to ascertain progress with preparations.

Dr Bawumia urged the pilgrims to make Ghana proud by ensuring an “incident-free 2017 Hajj pilgrimage”.