NCPC announces commencement of 2023/2024 airlift operations of Main pilgrimage to Rome, Greece

By Anthony Maliki, Abuja

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, (NCPC) has formally released the cost and breakdown of the pilgrimage package of the 2023/2024 Main Pilgrimage exercise to Rome and Greece.
In a letter dated December 28, 2023 and addressed to the Chairmen and Secretaries of all the States Christian Pilgrims Welfare Boards, signed by the Director of Operations, Mr Abu Okpanachi for the Executive Secretary of NCPC, Rev Dr Yakubu Pam, the commencement date for the pilgrimage exercise is slated for the end of January, 2024.
The Commission explained that the cost of the 2023/2024 Main Pilgrimage exercise to Rome and Greece is N3,000,000 per pilgrim.
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.
The Commission stressed that the cost is exclusive of Pilgrims Traveling Allowances (PTA).
Furthermore, the Commission stated that the States that had previously paid for Israel and Jordan are to make -up the difference to enable them participate in the Pilgrimage exercise to Rome and Greece.
In the same vein, private pilgrims have been advised by the Commission to step up efforts to key into the Rome and Greece Pilgrimage exercise by downloading the Commission’s pilgrims form via our 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 .
The Commission enjoins states and private pilgrims to make payments before services are rendered on or before the last day of January, 2024.