Government to subsidize fares of 2018 Hajj Pilgrims Government is set to absolve more than 24 million Ghana Cedis fares for the 2018 would-be Hajj pilgrims. Addressing the media in Accra, Chairman of the Hajj Board, Shiekh I.C Quaye, affirmed the news by the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia to maintain last year's Hajj fare, describing government as a listening one. GBCONLINE ---DECRYPTED---