The Ghanaian delegation understudying the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission has said that its members learnt more than expected on Christian pilgrimage from Nigeria and were set to tackle challenges in packaging the programme.
The Minister, Religious and Chieftaincy Affairs of Ghana, Samuel Dzamesi, made the remark on Thursday in Abuja during a reception organized by the commission.
Dzamesi commended the commission, adding that the delegation was able to solve more than 30 challenges out of 114 identified in its first time of packaging the mission.
He said that the NCPC had made history in Africa, adding that Nigeria was the only country that had perfected pilgrimage by setting up pilgrim commissions at both national and state levels.
The delegation, which embarked on a three-day working visit to understudy the NCPC’s strategy, also lauded the commission for accepting its requests.
Dzamesi said: “We have understudied you and we have learnt so many things, when we get back to Ghana, we will use your model as our basic model to start up pilgrimage for our country.
“Though we will not be able to do it on our own, from time to time, we will invite you over to put us through when we encounter challenges.
“Africa needs to see within the continent in order to strengthen unity and succeed.’’
Earlier, Rev Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, NCPC, called on African leaders to give greater attention to the younger generation; invest and inculcate in them the understanding of what Africa stood for.
According to Uja, Nigeria has a specific Christian pilgrimage for the youth, which comes up in July.
He said: “The objective is not just to visit holy sites for prayers but to improve skills acquisition, exposure to agriculture in Israel with the desire to be more lucrative and develop something better for Africa.”
He, however, said the commission appreciated the partnership with Ghana and lauded the delegation for finding NCPC worthy of being understudied.
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