NCPC Begins Assessment of 2024 Pilgrimage Exercise, Holds Staff Retreat 

By Chinedu Echianu

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) is holding a three-day general staff retreat in Gora, Nasarawa State, from June 3 to June 5, 2025.

A statement signed by Celestine Toruka, Deputy Director and Head Media and Public Relations at the Commission says the retreat aims to reassess the performance of the 2024 Main Pilgrimage exercise and strategize for the 2025 Main Pilgrimage exercise.

According to the statement, the theme of this year’s retreat is “Entrenching Service and Satisfaction in Pilgrimage for Effective Service Delivery.”

At the retreat, Executive Secretary of the Commission, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, was quoted as saying; “The retreat is meant to spiritually rejuvenate every member of staff of the Commission and give us more breakthroughs in all our pilgrimage activities. We can only be satisfied when we have delivered good service. I urge the staff to ensure that their reason for coming to the retreat must be achieved, thus they must shun any distraction and pay full attention to what is happening.”

In his remarks, Chairman of NCPC, Prof. Msgr Cletus Gotan, said “The retreat is an opportunity for us to take stock of what we are doing. I urge staff members to take what brought them to the retreat seriously and represent God in whatever they do. We should no longer be business as usual. The retreat will help us to change our attitude to work and be more committed to it. I also urge them to ensure that they trust each other and maintain healthy friendships at the workplace.”

The Executive Secretary commended the Chairman of CSS Global Integrated Farm, Prof. John Kennedy Opara, whose facility was used for the retreat for laying a good foundation for NCPC during his tenure as the pioneer Executive Secretary and for his innovative contributions to the agricultural sector in Nigeria, describing his stewardship as “an unblemished record.”