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New NCPC Boss, Bishop Adegbite says it’s new beginning for Pilgrimage in Nigeria

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

The new Executive Secretary Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC Bishop Stephen Adegbite has said it is a new dawn and a new beginning for NCPC and Christian Pilgrimage in Nigeria.

Bishop Adegbite made this pronouncement on Thursday at his first strategic meeting with the states Pilgrimage Leaders and Managers at the NCPC Office in Abuja.

He said,” as we begin our journey together, it is a new dawn; a new beginning”. He explained that the stakeholders must see themselves as partners in progress with the Commission.”

The Bishop said that states Pilgrimage Leader must play pivotal role as major stakeholders of the Commission in the advancement of Christian Pilgrimage in their various states as well as Nigeria.

He urged them to see pilgrimage as a passion and not a jamboree. His said, ” every year I go on pilgrimage something new must happen, therefore let us see pilgrimage exercise as a passion because there is reward in doing so.”

Bishop Adegbite however noted that Nigeria is passing through challenges just like every other nation but urged Nigerians to continue to pray that the Lord would heal our land.

While calling for a rebuild of people’s confidence in themselves, thanked them for the sacrifices they have made in the past and the ones they would make in the future.

The Bishop also gave them the assurance that he would operate with honesty and integrity while carrying every one along.

According to the NCPC boss,” together we will move Nigeria forward and we will change the narrative”.
Bishop Adegbite hinted that the Commission would soon advertise its expression of interest in both local and international print media for prospective service providers to bid for the 2024 pilgrimage exercise.

According to him, it is no longer going to be business as usual, but openness and sincerity would be the hallmark of his leadership.

He reiterated that due process would be followed religiously under his watch .

” I am not going to indulge in illegality, he stressed.
Speaking, the Chairman of Conference of States which comprises Chairmen and Secretaries of states Christian Pilgrims Welfare Boards, Rev Isaiah Magaji congratulated Bishop Adegbite on behalf of his colleagues for a well deserved appointment by President Bola TInubu as the 4th substantive Executive Secretary of the Commission.
I Rev Magaji said, ” we always try by all means to carry each other along”.He said,” carrying us along in every activity of the Commission counts a lot.”
He assured the NCPC boss of their maximum cooperation.
He further solicited the assistance of the NCPC boss in reaching out to their state governors on sensitization drive as this would help in leveraging their efforts in their various states.

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