The
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mr.
John Kennedy Opara has inaugurated the Federal Medical Committee for the 2013
Christian Pilgrimage exercise. Inaugurating the committee in his office in
Abuja recently, the NCPC helmsman charged members of the committee to maintain
high sense of integrity and honesty in the discharge of their assignment. He urged them not to be involved in any manipulation, but should ensure that honesty and integrity are considered always. His words: “let us agree that in honesty and integrity that we are able to give all”. Mr. Opara stressed that the knowledge of man is limited but only God has the ultimate knowledge, hence the need for the medical personnel to depend completely on God’s direction and not their own professional knowledge. Consequently, he urged them to always give praise and appreciation to God for what he has done and what he will do in the characteristics of David in the Bible.
The NCPC Boss scored the performance of the past Federal Medical Committees in the last three and four years high thus he tasked them to maintain the same tempo if possible to surpass their records. He stressed that the zero mortality rate achieved by the Commission would not have been possible but for the total commitment of men and women who served in the past Medical Committees.
While inaugurating the 13 man Committee, the Executive Secretary charged them to work strictly in tandem with the terms of reference in their letters of appointment. He equally advised them to embrace the spirit of team ship by working as a team with love.
The Committee is expected to carry out the following activities: coordinate the selection of medical personnel for the pilgrimage operation by ensuring that all those that apply are given equal opportunity to prove their capability, to ensure that the State Christian Pilgrim welfare Boards provide adequate drugs and medical personnel for the operation to arrange and coordinate the orientation of medical personnel in various zones before the pilgrimage, to disqualify any medically unfit intending pilgrim even at the point of departure after due consultation with the Executive Secretary of the Commission, among other duties.
In his remarks at the event, the Chairman of the Federal Medical Committee, Dr. Amedu Joseph Omale of the Federal Ministry of Health described the expected role of the Committee as a “very clean” one. He on behalf of his Committee accepted the full responsibility of the terms of reference. He promised that his Committee would certainly work as a team in order to achieve the expected results. His words: “I am happy that this is not a worldly assignment, we will work in honesty and integrity”, he assured.
The composition of the Federal Medical Committee comprises medical personnel from each geo political zones of the country and experienced medical doctors from both public and private hospitals across the country.
