Be Agents of Peace At Home – NCPC Boss Tells Nigerian Pilgrims in Jordan
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev Yakubu Pam has called on the first batch of the maiden Christian Pilgrims to the Holy Land of the Kingdom of Jordan to return to the country and be agents of peace and be meaningful to Nigeria.
Rve Pam gave the advice in Jordan during Jordan Pilgrims ceremony for the first batch of pilgrims who arrived Jordan on July 26, 2021 and had completed their pilgrimage circle in Jordan.
The NCPC Executive Secretary urged the pilgrims to go back to Nigeria and be agents of light and transformation, adding that it was a great privilege for him to be placed with the responsibility to coordinate and superintend the maiden pilgrimage to Jordan.
Pam further said; “I will always be remembered that I led the Nigerian pilgrims to the Holy Land of Jordan for the first time in the history of pilgrimage in Nigeria”.
He commended the active role played by the Nigerian Ambassador to Jordan who allowed himself to be used and be part of history.
He assured that insecurity in Nigeria would soon be a thing of the past and advised the pilgrims to see the pilgrimage in a better perspectives not the way they used to perceive it, stressing that the blessings of pilgrimage is not for the pilgrims alone thus, they should let it be a blessing to their father land.
He admonished the Pilgrims to change their mind set towards government as they return back home, adding that the President Muhammadu Buhari cannot govern Nigeria alone.
Pam further said; “As you return home, you should join hands with the government to move the nation forward”.
In his remarks, the Nigerian Ambassador to Jordan, Amb. Faruk Yabo said he was excited and very proud of the way and manner the pilgrims conducted themselves in the Holy Land of Jordan.
Yabo said; “You have set an excellent precedent and the Jordanian authority can attest to this. Nigeria and Jordan have an excellent relationship. Jordan is a very good country blessed with many Holy sites”.
He urged the pilgrims to let their people know as they arrive home that Jordan is a very good country, adding that the power of prayer should be what Nigeria would be looking for because therein lies the solution to our problems.
In his admonition to the Pilgrims, the spiritual leader of the 2020 Pilgrimage to Jordan, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Samson Ayokunle said it was a unique privileged for the pilgrims to had walked the paths where the Saints walked.
Ayokunle advised that having come to the Holy Land and be blessed, they should not allowed the name of the Lord to be maligned.
A statement by the head, Media and Public Relations of the NCPC, Celestine Toruka said that highlight of the event was the presentation of certificates of Jordan pilgrims to the dignitaries and the pilgrims as well as the cutting of cake decorated in Nigeria National colour of green and white.
