VOICE AIR MEDIA, News Update
Ahead of the 2023/2024 main pilgrimage to Rome and Greece, the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has officially released the cost and breakdown of the package for this year’s exercise.
A letter dated 28th December 2023 and addressed to the Chairmen and Secretaries of all the States Christian Pilgrims Welfare Boards said the commencement date for the exercise is slated for the end of this month.
Signed by the Director of Operations, Mr Abu Okpanachi, for the Executive Secretary of NCPC, Rev Dr Yakubu Pam, the letter puts the pilgrimage cost to Rome and Greece at N3,000,000 (Three Million Naira only) per pilgrim.
According to the Commission, the amount covers return flight, hotel accommodation, three-course meal per day, and tours of holy sites in both Rome and Greece in Executive luxurious buses for six nights and seven days, stressing however that the cost is not inclusive of Pilgrims Traveling Allowances (PTA).
Furthermore, the Commission urged the States that had previously paid for Israel and Jordan to work on making up the difference to participate in the pilgrimage to Rome and Greece.
Similarly, a statement signed by the Deputy Director and Head of Media and Public Relations, Celestine Toruka, said private pilgrims have been advised to step up efforts and key into the Rome and Greece exercise by downloading the Commission’s pilgrims form via its Website www.ncpc.gov.ng or “better still, obtain the forms from any of our zonal office in Gwagwalada, FCT, Enugu, Yola,, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and Lagos or at the NCPC Corporate Headquarters, Garki 2, Abuja or any of the State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Boards nearest to you.”
Toruka further stated that “the Commission enjoins States and private pilgrims to make payments before services are rendered on or before the last day of January 2024.”
