URGES STATE PILGRIMAGE LEADERS TO LEAVE BY EXAMPLE
By Vincess Okushi
The Executive Secretary of Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, (NCPC) Bishop Stephen Adegbite has promised a new beginning for the Christian faithful aspiring for Pilgrimage in Nigeria.
He disclosed this on 15th February 2024 at his first strategic meeting with the state’s Pilgrimage Leaders and Managers in Abuja.
Bishop Stephen while acknowledging the pivotal role of states’ leaders in advancing the Christian Pilgrimage calls for partnership for the progress of the Commission.
According to him,
As we begin our journey together, it is a new dawn; a new beginning.
nobody can toil with your group.
every year I go on a pilgrimage something new must happen, therefore let us see pilgrimage exercise as a passion and there is a reward for it.
The NCPC boss further reassured of his administration’s integrity and fairness to carry everyone along irrespective of the challenges facing the country and urged them to continue to pray that the Lord would heal the land.
together we will move Nigeria forward and we will change the narrative.
it is no longer going to be business as usual, but business unusual, as openness and sincerity would be the hallmark of his leadership. I am not going to indulge in illegality.
On the part of the Chairman of the Conference of States, Rev Isaiah Magaji applauds Bishop Adegbite’s well deserved appointment by President Bola Tinubu.
we always try by all means to carry each other along. carrying us along in every activity of the Commission counts a lot.
The team while assuring of their maximum cooperation, solicited for reaching out to their state governors on sensitization drive to leverage their efforts even as the Executive Secretary vows to commence advertising soonest for expression of interest locally and internationally for the success of the 2024 pilgrimage exercise.