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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), has given reasons to why Nigerian pilgrims will now go to the Kingdom of Jordan instead of Israel for this year\u2019s pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Mr Ayuba Pam, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the executive secretary, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Jos.<\/p>\n

Pam said the NCPC boss said that the decision to shun Isreal for this year\u2019s pilgrimage came after the country\u2019s government insisted that pilgrims must take their own version of COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n

He added that the NCPC boss said that Jordan also has over 100 holy sites for pilgrims to visit, insisting it will not change the purpose of the spiritual exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cJordan has many holy sites just like Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the decision to embark on the Jordan pilgrimage was due to Israel\u2019s insistence on Nigeria to accept her own vaccination against the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, the war in Gaza which will provide security challenges to pilgrims is another key reason,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

He further revealed that the airlift of Christian pilgrims from Jos to Jordan is going to reduce the hardship being faced by pilgrims.<\/p>\n

Hajj cancellation: Ogun returns money to intending pilgrims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), has given reasons to why Nigerian pilgrims will now go to the Kingdom of Jordan instead of Israel for this year\u2019s pilgrimage. Mr Ayuba Pam, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the executive secretary, made this known in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,3786,254,4911],"class_list":["post-47268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-ncpc","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-pilgrims"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Nigerian pilgrims won\u2019t go to Israel this year \u2013 NCPC boss - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rev. 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