He stated this at a news conference on the conclusion of the December 2022 main pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan and the unveiling of the commission’s 2023 Easter pilgrimage on Monday in Abuja.
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A statement by Celestine Toruka, Head Media and Public Relations on Thursday in Abuja, said that Pam made the remarks when he met with a pilgrim who absconded in 2019 while in Israel.
The association has also appointed Pam their patron.
The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the Commission’s Information Officer, Godiya Mathew, Friday in Abuja.
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, at the departure briefing in Asaba, Delta State capital, warned the intending pilgrims against absconding.
The NCPC boss made the disclosure Tuesday, in Abuja at a send-off organized for a retiring senior officer of the commission, Pastor Tete Yakubu, who had attained the mandatory retirement age of 60.
NCPC Executive Secretary, Rev. Yakubu Pam, disclosed this while addressing staff of the commission, North Central Zonal Office in Gwagwalada, FCT, saying that plans are underway to have an improved pilgrimage, better than 2021 edition.
Rev. Pam also stressed that Nigerians visiting Israel for pilgrimage should be treated with respect and dignity like pilgrims from other countries.
In our country of more than 200 million, and where religion is important to the daily lives of almost all, it is unexceptional to find those of both faiths living in harmony in the same ethnic groups, the same local communities, and even praying in the same family homes.
Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman said Buhari made the appeal when he received in audience Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday
The Northern Christian Association of Nigeria has re-elected the incumbent Chairman, Rev. Yakubu Pam, among new officials to serve for another three years.
Religious leaders under the aegis of Interfaith Initiative for Peace on Friday in Abuja appealed to the abductors of Leah Sharibu to release the girl and abandon their threat of executing her.