By Joyce Remi-Babayeju, Jerusalem
After successful visits to Holy sites in both Jordan and Israel, Jerusalem pilgrims, Lead of the 9th batch JPs, Rev. Dr. Samuel Nortey has charged the new pilgrims to take home the messages of peace and unity to Nigerians.
Rev. Nortey gave the charge on Friday in Jerusalem at a certification ceremony of new JPs.
He thanked God for the successful pilgrimage exercise and also thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for supporting the Christian pilgrimage despite his Muslim- Muslim ticket government.
He said, ” We have come to the Holy Land to walk in the Foot parts of our Lord Jesus. You have seen and conquered.”
Rev. Nortey called on the JPs to use the opportunity to transform their lives and be good Ambassadors. Patriotism should be our watchword, he emphasized. He further commended the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, for his renewed strength and vigour.
Rev. Nortey called for more sponsorship of Christian pilgrims. The Christian Association of Nigeria, Vice President Northern States , Dr. Rev. Samson congratulated the pilgrims for making it to the Holy Land to pray for Nigeria.
He thanked President Tinubu for his support in providing all the logistics for making the Pilgrim exercise a smooth one.
Hon. Samuel Sekav Dzua, while admonishing the new JPs preached the message of receiving Christ and spreading the gospel to the grassroots.
One of the JPs, Mrs.Tosin Àyobami Yohanna emphasized that her lessons from the pilgrimage exercise is to go back home with the message of peace and unity in Nigeria. Speaking to Daybreak Nigeria, Mrs. Yohanna said, ” We need unity in Nigeria. My experience in this Jerusalem Pilgrimage exercise has been good spiritually. I am fulfilled spiritually. On any site my feet touches, l pray for the peace of my country.”
Head of the delegates, Hon. Luke Baba thanked God for making the exercise and thanked the NCPC boss for his good leadership style, and he prayed that the exercise would be an inspiration for others.
Daybreak reports that all pilgrims from Abuja and Nasarrawa State were issued their certificate as Jerusalem Pilgrims, JPs.
