By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
Ahead of the 2024 Christian pilgrimage exercise, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) Bishop Stephen Adegbite, recently paid a sensitization visit to the governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state at the Government House ,Yola.
Bishop Adegbite thanked the Governor for his continued support for Christian Pilgrimage and
commended him for the massive infrastructural development, for the peace and interfaith harmony the people of Adamawa state under his leadership.
While there the NCPC boss also supervised the ongoing screening exercise for the Adamawa state intending pilgrims and the level of preparation made by the State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board.
He who flagged off the Adamawa Pilgrim exercise expressed his satisfaction at the screening exercise and thanked the Governor for supporting the state Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board with all the necessary assistance to ensure a smooth 2024 Pilgrimage exercise.
Bishop Adegbite hinted that the next Pilgrimage exercise would commence by the end of May and would run through July, while the main Pilgrimage exercise to commence in November would run through February, next year in line with the new NCPC calendar of activities.
Earlier, the acting Executive Secretary Adamawa state Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mrs Angelina Tumba, thanked the NCPC boss for visiting the state to flag- off the screening exercise.
She explained that the primary role of the Board is to ensure smooth arrangements of Christian Pilgrimage activities.
Also, the Executive Secretary went on to inspection of the Commission’s North East zonal office in Yola.
