' Tamale, Oct. 24, GNA - A total of 300 prospective pilgrims who have paid their fares to travel to Mecca are currently stranded in Tamale in the Northern Region.

Although the pilgrims had paid an amount of GHc4,910 for the visa and other expenses to the Holy city, their visas were yet to be secured by the Ayana Travel and Tour Agency, the agent that had been contracted to transport them.

Mr. Mohammed Abdulai, a businessman who had come to see his mother off at the airport, was not happy with developments and told the Ghana News Agency on Monday that the pilgrims were told they would be transported to Accra last Friday to be airlifted to Mecca but t'