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Don’t depend on govt – Gombe tells Christian pilgrims

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Gombe State Christian Welfare Board has told the Christian community in the state to stop waiting on government to pay for their pilgrimage to Israel.

 

Mrs. Afiniki Fatikah, Secretary of the Board, made the call in Gombe, telling Christians to be conscious of the fact that the exercise was a worship and appreciation to God for His provisions and should, therefore, be more cooperative in paying for their pilgrimage to Israel, instead of always relying on government to do it for them.

She said: “The Christian community should not rely on government alone for sponsorship. We should also pay because we have everything. Whatever you have, it is God that gave it to you. So we should come and pay so that we can perform pilgrimage to the Holy Land.”

 

She said of the 1,500 slots allocated to Gombe State by Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, only 238 had prepared for the journey.

350 Self-Sponsored Christian Pilgrims Arrive Nigeria

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The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) says the last batch of the self-sponsored pilgrims has arrived in Nigeria on Sunday night via Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

 

Mrs Charlotte Ajuya, Assistant Director, Human Resources in the commission, told newsmen in Abuja that the commission had a successful pilgrimage through 2015.

 

She said that the last batch had 350 self-sponsored Christian pilgrims from different states, mostly from the northern part of the country, observing that none of the pilgrims absconded.

 

“I want to encourage them that pilgrimage is a spiritual fulfilment that when you go, you renew your spiritual life.

 

She further advised them to share the experience they had in the holy land with other Christians to serve as a source of encouragement.

 

Mr Makpa Malla, a legislator in the Nassarawa State House of Assembly, who led the delegation, said that the experience was exciting.

 

“The most striking sight was the Garden of Gethsemane and I believe it was a determining moment for Jesus Christ because it was at that point he took a decision,’’ he said.

 

He pleaded organisations, companies and churches to sponsor the less privileged to pilgrimage for spiritual revival.

 

(NAN)