Golok Nanmwa ,Jos

Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Yakubu Pam has said the Commission has put in place stringent measures to reduce corruption and abscondment during the 2020 pilgrimage.

He said the Commission is working tirelessly to redeem the bad image of Nigeria at the international community.

Rev. Pam who is the Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Northern Nigeria,stated this on Thursday in Jos while declaring open the 2020 General Staff retreat in preparation for the 2020 Christian pilgrimage with a theme: “The total transformation” held in Jos the Plateau state capital .

He said the treat would discussed extensively the six point agenda of the Commission which has among other issues the fight against corruption and how to redeem the image of Nigeria at the international level.

In his words” The 2020 pilgrimage will start this year and end in June, 202. We want to make sure that we have the best screening so that we will be able to fish out those that are planning to abscond.

“We need enough time to move from one state to another for the screening so that we will not fall into the past history where there are abscondment and other issues.”

Rev. Pam said that there is no ban on pilgrimage due to COVID-19 pandemic, saying “once the host country is ready and Nigeria Government is ready, we will commence the exercise.

“This is just to go an pray, we are waiting on the host country, Israel because of the COVID-19 pandemic but we are getting positive signals that things are getting better over there.

“We are putting our heads over here at home to ensure that the issue of COVID-19 is handled properly, issues of abscondment will be handle properly more so that I am a new person and I must make sure that I deliver on my mandate.”

He appealed to Nigerians to continue to stay peaceful with one another and promote National unity .

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2020 pilgrimage – NCPC moves to tackle corruption , abscondment