Rev. Tor Uja, the former Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for giving him the opportunity to serve the country.
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The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission on Saturday conducted a nationwide online examinations for the medical personnel ahead for the 2019 pilgrimage.
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Rev. Tor Uja, has advised the Federal Government against negotiating with kidnappers and terrorists.
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Rev. Tor Uja, says the commission will get over N500 million from the 2019 budget.
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission , Rev. Tor Uja, says the commission will continue to support Christians to enable them perform the holy pilgrimages without hitches.
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission said that Chairman, Kano state Christians Association of Nigeria, Rev. Adeolu Adeyemo, would be held responsible for one Samuel Taiye, who absconded in Israel.
Uja, who made this known while receiving security report of the 2017 pilgrimage on Monday in Abuja, said that no pilgrim absconded in Rome and Greece.
Uja made the disclosure during a strategic meeting at NCPC headquarters with States Pilgrimage Leaders, comprising of Chairmen and Secretaries of States Pilgrims Welfare Boards, including FCT, on Thursday in Abuja.
Uja made this assertion in an interview with newsmen at the ‘Bid Opening for Airlifting and Ground Handling for 2018 Christian Pilgrimage’, on Monday in Abuja.
Uja made this call during the pilgrimage leaders meeting comprising the state chairmen and secretaries, held at the headquarters on Friday in Abuja.
Uja said this when he received a delegation of the Nigerian College of Aviation and Technology Zaria, who paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday in Abuja.
Uja made this known at a dinner on Thursday hosted by NCPC in honour of the Ghanaian delegation led by Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Republic of Ghana, Samuel Dzamesi, in Abuja.
Uja said: “Absconding is a sore point in pilgrimage because even those foreign nations, they want to lure Nigerian youths to stay in their countries. Because Nigerians are energetic, they are brilliant and they are dependable
He said the waiver would go a long way to reduce the cost of the October/December pilgrimage.