The National Hajj Commission finalized preparations during a meeting on September 18.

The government of Cameroon is working tooth and nail to ensure the effective and hitch-free participation of the country’s 3,500 pilgrims in the 2013 Hajj in Mecca Saudi Arabia.

The Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, René Emmanuel Sadi, while chairing the final preparatory meeting of the National Hajj Commission in Yaounde on September 18, 2013 said the pilgrimage was starting in the coming five days.  He said government had taken special measures to ensure the effective participation of Cameroon’s pilgrims.

Mr Sadi disclosed that feedback from the country’s participation in the event in 2012 was positive and therefore said more efforts were needed to improve the participation of 2013. He called on the pilgrims to abide by directives and have in mind that they have to defend the positive image of the country.

Reports of different preparatory activities were presented and discussed.  Mr Boubakari Oumarou  presented a report on the preparatory meeting of Hajj 2013  with Saudi authorities   that took place in Djeddah  from April 1 to 11, 2013. There were also reports on the mission dispatched to Saudi Arabia to designate the air transport company to carry the country’s pilgrims, as well as that on  the state of registration.