By YANGE IKYAA

The executive secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Dr. Yakubu Pam, has appealed to politicians to make the unity of Nigeria as a top priority during electioneering season.

Rev. Pam made this appeal while addressing the 5th batch of the December 2022 intending pilgrims comprising Delta, Borno and Kogi States at the departure hall of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.

“The unity of mind and purpose is of utmost importance at such a time as this, hence the need for the spiritual exercise to Israel and Jordan,” he said..

The NCPC boss noted that the unity of the nation was what the commission stands for, adding that Pilgrimage was the platform through which Nigerians can get more united.

He revealed that the NCPC had always recorded huge success in zero tolerance to abscondment, adding that the states had always adhere to warnings and implications of such actions.

Pam commended Nigerians for always showing signs of discipline, patriotism and law abiding in every aspect of what he called “our pilgrimage process.”

The clergyman charged them to be proud Ambassadors and good representatives of the country and Christ as they embark on the spiritual journey.

In his own remarks, the executive secretary, Delta State Christian Pilgrims Commission, Apostle Samuel Okoh, said nation building was incomplete without the Church, hence the need for the exercise.

Okoh added that he was optimistic that the pilgrims would impact upon the nations and their various families.

He commended the state governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, for approving the journey for 386 pilgrims to the holy lands, adding that Deltans were not only going on the tour but representing the national front.

On his part, the Executive Chairman, Kogi State Christian Pilgrims Commission, advised them to be of worthy character and pray fervently for the nation and enhance the unity that every Nigerian had longed for.