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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cautioned Nigerian Christian pilgrims travelling to Israel and Jordan against absconding during their beatified journey, stressing that patriotism and dignity should usher their behaviour abroad.
He spoke astatine the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State, portion flagging disconnected the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission’s (NCPC) 2025 Delayed Easter Pilgrimage Exercise to Israel and Jordan.
Represented by the caput to the authorities of the federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, President Tinubu described pilgrimage arsenic “a spiritual travel of faith” and a level for motivation translation and spiritual rebirth.
The President urged the pilgrims to instrumentality location with their groups astatine the extremity of the exercise, noting that their experiences would assistance them lend positively to gathering “an egalitarian nine wherever nary antheral is oppressed.”
Highlighting his administration’s enactment for Christian and Muslim pilgrimages, Tinubu said supplication remains a sustaining unit for Nigeria and reiterates his government’s committedness to promoting spiritual harmony.
He warned that the NCPC had enactment strict measures successful spot to guarantee near-zero cases of abscondment.
His words: “It is indispensable astatine this constituent to admonish the intending Christian Pilgrims to amusement patriotism arsenic they embark connected this spiritual journey. You should not contemplate abscondment successful your minds due to the fact that determination is nary state similar Nigeria. While successful Nigeria, you person your state and volition beryllium recognised successful your ain way. However, erstwhile you enactment down illegally, you person automatically mislaid each your respect and dignity.
“I truthful impulse you to guarantee you instrumentality with your batch astatine the extremity of your pilgrimage workout truthful that you tin articulation forces with the authorities to physique an egalitarian nine wherever nary antheral is oppressed.
“It is arsenic germane to reiterate that NCPC, nether the enactment of Bishop Prof. Stephen Adegbite, has enactment each mechanisms successful spot to cheque abscondment. It volition involvement you that the Commission successful each its pilgrimages from December past twelvemonth has achieved astir zero abscondment, truthful beryllium warned”.
He assured that his medication remains committed to promoting the spiritual well-being of Nigerians, irrespective of religion.
The President emphasised that the exercise’s theme, “Pilgrimage of Renewed Hope for Total Restoration,” aligns with his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which seeks to amended the prime of beingness for each Nigerians.
While acknowledging that immoderate authorities policies had been strict connected citizens, Tinubu assured that “there volition surely beryllium airy astatine the extremity of the acheronian tunnel.”
The President highlighted strides recorded nether his authorities successful younker empowerment, infrastructure, education, and security, noting that the reductions successful insurgency, kidnapping, and banditry tin beryllium traced to the government’s resoluteness to reconstruct peace.
He lauded the Executive Secretary of NCPC, Bishop Prof. Stephen Adegbite, for successfully organising 4 pilgrimages wrong 2 years of his leadership, including the ongoing Easter pilgrimage. He besides congratulated Adegbite connected his caller assignment arsenic Chaplain of the State House Chapel, describing him arsenic “a antheral of proven efficiency.”
He applauded the big governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, for sponsoring 1,000 Christian pilgrims this twelvemonth and a akin fig successful 2023.
He lauded Governor Hope Uzodinma’s committedness to the spiritual upliftment and infrastructural improvement of Imo State.
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