LSCPCWB Screens Intending Christian Pilgrims

The Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSCPWB) has commenced the administrative/medical screening for intending pilgrims. LSCPCWB has provided the platform to educate and prepare Pilgrims for the holy journey

Eko Hot Blog notes that the screening is a statutory prerequisite program, for those who intend to participate in the yearly general pilgrimage to Israel.

Prospective pilgrims are physically and psychologically equipped, and the screening is also designed to ascertain their level of fitness.

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Also to validate all traveling documents for the pilgrimage exercise scheduled to hold in the first quarter of 2021.

Furthermore, she noted that due to the Covid19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines, pilgrims will be airlifted in batches while soliciting the cooperation and understanding of the pilgrims.

Mrs. Florence Yetunde Gbafe, the Board Secretary of Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (CPWB), affirmed that the exercise is intended to avail the intending pilgrims of the guidelines associated with embarking on the holy pilgrimage.

 

She stated that the earlier date of December 13th schedule for traveling was shifted forward to the first quarter of 2021 due to the Covid19 pandemic but that plans are already in place to ensure a seamless journey.

Intended pilgrims might be subjected to a Covid19 test before embarking on the pilgrimage journey pending the general guidelines of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), she added.

Gbafe further explained that since the pilgrims would be traveling to another country, there was the need to orientate them about the values, customs, and behavioral expectations of the people of Israel while in the Holy Land.