The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, (NCPC), Rev Dr Yakubu Pam has congratulated Delta and Akwa Ibom State Pilgrims on their successful pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan.
Rev pam made the appreciation at the early hours of Thursday, January 26, 2023 following the arrival of the pilgrims at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.
He said they have made the country proud, by ensuring that they all return to the country in same numbers as they left on Monday, 16 January, 2023 without any single case of abscondment.
He affirmed that the Commission would stop at nothing to ensure zero abscondment of pilgrims at all times.
The NCPC boss was also intrigued by the fact that there was zero mortality and zero morbidity of the pilgrims through out their Pilgrimage exercise in the Holy lands.
WAccording to him, the second batch of intending pilgrims from Delta, Borno and Kogi States would be airlifted to Israel and Jordan same day from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.