The
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mr.
John Kennedy Opara has tasked the Medical Team for the 2013 Christian
Pilgrimage Exercise to demonstrate a high degree of patience with the pilgrims
while in the Holy Land. The NCPC boss stated this at the weekend during the
Medical Examination for the selection of medical Team for this year’s
pilgrimage exercise conducted by NCPC in Abuja. According to the NCPC helmsman,
“no matter how difficult the pilgrims may be, you have to be patient with
them”. He added, “We will do everything to make sure you are comfortable,
please do not let us down”, he stressed.
He explained
that every one of the Medical Personnel would be given the opportunity to
participate for the 2013 Christian pilgrimage depending on their performance.
Mr. Opara
further stressed that pilgrimage is a tool for Moral and Spiritual
transformation thus he urged the medical personnel to join forces with the
Commission to help in actualizing this spiritual content of NCPC by rendering
selfless service to the pilgrims and at the same time activating the
transformation agenda of Mr. President.
He equally
intimated the Medical Personnel that the Commission now has three dimensional
aspects of pilgrimage – October-December, Easter pilgrimage and now family
pilgrimage. He explained that any of the selected Medical Team could serve in
these aspects.
He harped
that the best four Medical Personnel must be selected from each state this
year. He stated that participants in the exams are at liberty to petition the
Commission if they felt dissatisfied with the conduct of the exams.
He
maintained that those medical personnel who had participated in the Medical
Team in the last three years would not be allowed to participate in this current
exercise in order to give room for others to also participate.
Earlier in
his welcome remarks, the Chairman of the Federal Medical Committee, Dr. Amedu
Joseph Omale stressed that selection of the Medical Team would be strictly on
merit and that every one of them would be given the opportunity to participate
in the exam.
The Medical
Personnel that took the exams were Medical Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and
Laboratory Scientists. About 1000
candidates participated in the exam and results are being expected by first
week of August.
NCPC Media.
