The director-in-charge, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mrs. Esther Kwaghe, has charged the security committee for this year’s Christian pilgrimage exercise to ensure zero abscondment.
According to a statement issued by the commission’s head of media, Celestine Toruka, in Abuja Saturday, Mrs. Kwaghe gave the charge recently in Abuja while inaugurating members of the security committee for the general pilgrimage to Israel and Rome.
Mrs. Kwaghe congratulated the members on their selection, saying, “God has singled you out for service to serve Nigeria and humanity and as such put in your best and serve well.”
She urged them to “work as a team and identify pilgrims who have the potential to abscond,” stressing that “abscondment has been a very big challenge to Christian pilgrimage and we must do everything possible to curb it.”
“Nigeria is blessed with so many resources that no citizen should aspire to live in another man’s land. Nigerians to look inward and maximise all the resources in this nation for personal and national development,” she said.
Continuing, she said, “Diligently carry out your duties and accord the pilgrims the respect they deserve. Do everything humanly possible to achieve the terms of reference set before you and help the commission to achieve a successful pilgrimage exercise.”
Responding, the coordinator of the committee, Mr. John Alifa, thanked the commission for giving them the opportunity to serve and promised that the committee would do everything possible to achieve zero abscondment in this year’s pilgrimage.
