10,000 intending Christian pilgrims pay N30bn, as airlift begins Dec 22

Christian pilgrims

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, (NCPC), will on December 22 airlift 10,000 Christians who registered for this year’s holy pilgrimage to Jordan. The NCPC’s Executive Secretary, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, who disclosed this at the weekend, said each of the intending pilgrims paid N3m, amounting to N30bn by the Nigerian contingent. Responding by text message to enquiries by newsmen, Adegbite wrote, “(There are) 10,000 (pilgrims) for now. Each pilgrim paid N3m. (The pilgrimage is for) 10 days”. He added that the pilgrims will visit Jordan and Turkey. The December Christian pilgrimage…

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