By Danusa Ocholi, Abuja

Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission,[NCPC], Rev. Yakubu Pam, has said   he will not be fulfilled in his present position until he  delivers  quality service to Nigerians.

He told a group   of journalists yesterday in his office in  Abuja that  with the nation expected to open its airspace in in a matter of days following more than five months of shut down due to  COVID-19 pandemic,  NCPC  will announce the date of the 2020  pilgrimage to Israel after a long while.

Rev. Pam  promised to take charge of the organization of the pilgrimage to enable  him address some of the shortcomings observed in the previous assignments.

The Executive Secretary promised to show Nigerians “the difference at the end of the day.” Rev. Pam equally frowned at the unprecedented level of corruption which he said nearly ruined   the image of NCPC.

He promised to do something drastic to address the situation. According to him:” It will no longer be business as usual for those that make pilgrimage to Israel.

He said the pilgrimage will be better organized to underline the spiritual effect of it on the people to make them better citizens of Nigeria. He frowned at the increasing level Nigerians abscond to the Jewish nation and the rest of Europe and promised to take some measures which he said he will not disclose. 

 In a related development, The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission NCPC and the  Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN) 19 Northern states and FCT have  revealed that the three – day  proposed Southern Kaduna Peace Summit would commence on  September 8.

He disclosed this recently in Southern Kaduna during a condolence visit to select strategic leaders in the area.

The NCPC boss met with the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association at Bajare Bishop Court, the Emir of Jama’a, AlhajiMuhammad Isah Muhammad and his emirate council, the chief of Kagoro as well as the Chief of Zikpak, Dr. Josiah Kantiyok.

The message of Rev.  Pam was the same in all his engagements  with these leaders, which centred primarily on advocacy. He condoled and emphatised with them on the lost of innocent lives of their people. He prayed for lasting peace in their communities.

As part of his peace mission to Southern Kaduna, he admonished them to call on their youths not to take laws into their hands, thus he stressed the need for ceasefire by all the parties in the crisis. He also charged them to stop the killings and embrace dialogue.

More importantly, the NCPC both urged them to forgive those that had caused them sorrow. He invited each of these personalities to  attend the proposed Peace Summit from 8^th to 10^th September, 2020 at Southern Kaduna.

Speaking during the Executive Secretary’s visit, the President of the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association, Bishop Simon Peter Mutum spoke on the total neglect of the Southern Kaduna in the area of infrastructural development. He called on the APC led government in the stateto make them feel the impact of good governance.

He explained that the government should also understand the problems of the Christians in Southern Kaduna. He called on the government to come out in full force to put an end to the senseless killings of innocent lives, adding that “enough is enough”.

In his remarks, the Emir of JAMA’A Alhaji Muhammad Isah Muhammad stressed that Islam is a religion of peace and that his Emirate had always enjoyed peace and should continue to maintainpeaceful co-existence and inter faith harmony among people of other faith. He welcomed the idea of the proposed three days peace Summit in Southern Kaduna.

At the palace of the Chief of Zikpak, His Royal Highness Dr. Josiah Kantiyok commended the NCPC boss for going extra mile to ensure that peace reign supreme in Southern Kaduna. He explained that many visitors had visited the area since the crisis began, but he was the only one that had gone ahead to invite them for further discussion. According to him, “no one had given us this extra effort.”

He affirmed that his people are peace loving people and would do everything to ensure that peace reign in Southern Kaduna. His words, “I want to assure you that we are peace loving people and have forgiven those that wronged us.”

The Executive Secretary’s interventional mission to Southern Kaduna has made him and his team to visit the affected communities up to four times which had culminated into the scheduled peace Summit in Southern Kaduna.