NCPC boss tasks tour operators on excellent service
Mr. John Kennedy Opara
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Mr John Kennedy Opara, has charged tour operators in the pilgrimage sub-sector to always strive for excellence while handling Nigerian pilgrims. He gave this charge recently in Abuja while receiving in audience the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tailor Made Tours Limited of Israel, Mrs Josephine Zinder, in his office. In the words of the NCPC boss, “As long as the Lord gives you the strength to serve, you should put in your best.” He further charged her to always strive to meet with the standard of the motto of her company, which is “Excellency All the Way.” He therefore urged her to continue to strive for excellence.
The NCPC helmsman further encouraged her not to rest on her oars in the good handling of Nigerian pilgrims. His advice, “I want to encourage you to keep doing what you know best.” He urged her to inject the new spirit and dynamism which she has brought to bear in her years of operations in the handling of the pilgrims who value her services alot.
Opara commended Mrs Zinder for her efforts in taking Tailor Made Tours Limited to the height it has attained. He recalled that the company came into operation when the Commission was still undergoing “Pilgrimage tutelage.”
Mrs. Zinder whose 40th birthday anniversary was on August 24, 2012 was congratulated and prayed for by the NCPC boss on behalf of the commission.
Earlier, the President of Tailor Made Tours Limited, Mrs Zinder thanked the NCPC boss for the support and encouragement given to her company since inception. She explained that working with Mr. Opara was divinely arranged as “there is no coincidence, everything is pre-planned by God Almighty,” she said.
She averred that there was no better friend to Israel than Nigeria which explains why according to her, “We pray for Nigeria everyday.”
She further intimated the NCPC boss that she was in Nigeria on an appreciation visit to her stakeholders which include representatives from States Christian Pilgrim Welfare Boards.
The President of Tailor Made Tours Limited used the opportunity of the courtesy visit to present to the ES a certificate of the “Ambassador of Goodwill to the Holy Land of Israel.”
Tailor Made Tours Ltd is one of the major grounders of Nigerian pilgrims based in Israel.
The President was accompanied on the visit by her husband, Eran Zinder, the Director for Africa, Mr. Israel Goldslein and the Nigeria Director, Mrs. Ngozi Ben Nwaogwugwu, NCPC Media.
Meanwhile, The executive secretary of the NCPC, Mr Opara, would be the special guest of Honour/Speaker at a seminar being organised by the Guild of Tourism Journalist in Lagos to speak on Pilgrimage: A tool for peace building.
The guild considered Mr Opara the most qualified Chief Executive to speak on this important topic in view of his wealth of experience in pilgrimage matters.
According to the Secretary of the Guild of Tourism Journalists, Mr Tayo Adelaja, the event would hold on Thursday September 6, 2012 Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos by 10.00am.
