MTN Ghana refurbishes Hajj Village
To create a conducive and comfortable lodging place for this year's hajj pilgrims, Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), has refurbished the Hajj Village at airport in Accra.
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The total cost of renovating the facility, which serves as a transit point for pilgrims travelling to Mecca for Hajj as well as supporting the organisation of the trip amounted to GHc230,000.
Presenting the structure to the National Hajj Board on Tuesday, the General Manager Distributive Trade, Mr Abubakar Mohammed said the company's support for the renovation of the transit centre was to show appreciation to the loyalty of its subscribers in the Muslim communities, adding that the gesture also forms part of its social responsibility.
In addition to the renovation works, he said, the network will facilitate the work of the Hajj Board by providing them with communication devices worth GHc30, 000, MTN airtime worth Ghc 1, 500.00 as well as other MTN products and services.
Further to this, he said, MTN will set up Mobile Money stands at the Hajj villages in Accra, Tamale and Saudi Arabia to provide pilgrims with access to fast, secured and convenient money transfer services.
The refurbished Hajj Village will bring a lot of relief to prospective pilgrims, Sheikh I.C. Quaye, the chairman of the Hajj Board indicated.
He expressed the board's gratitude to MTN for refurbishing the centre and said he was optimistic that the network will recoup its investment in due course.
He stated that government is relentless in pursuing a friendly business environment to propel the growth of businesses in the country.
"The government believes in business, the government believes in the development and supporting of businesses growth", he added.