Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has said that its executive secretary, Dr Yakubu Pam has fought and eradicated corruption in the commission.
The commission made this known while speaking on the three years achievement of the executive secretary, stating that the vision of the NCPC is to be an organisation providing excellent services and administration to Nigerian Christians who perform pilgrimage to Holy sites around the world.
According to the statement issued by the commission, so far Pam has been able to achieve these laudable objectives through his purposeful and staff-centred policies.
“During these three years in the saddle, the NCPC boss has been able to rekindle hope and trust in the commission and this has engendered stakeholders’ respect and confidence in the commission.
“Pam has endeared himself before the staff by his faultless welfare policies because he considers the welfare of staff a priority. Since the assumption of office, staff has been embarking on annual staff training and retreat unhindered, allowances of the staff are paid as at when due, and promotion of staff has been regular under his leadership.
“The executive secretary graciously approved 2020 general training for the staff of the commission to undergo a training programme in Lagos for effective pilgrimage operations.
“This was the first time that all the staff of the commission irrespective of their levels were trained in the same training center. Again, the 2020 general staff retreat was held for all the staff of the Commission in December 2020 in Jos, Plateau State. It needs to be stressed that the last time such a retreat was held was in 2015,” the commission stated.
The commission further stated that it is instructive to state that Pam assumed office at a most challenging time in the history of pilgrimage exercise, occasioned by the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Despite this, his administration remained resolute and focused which saw the opening of a new vista in our pilgrimage journey. Rev. Pam has been able to leave an indelible mark in the sands of time as far as Christian pilgrimage in Nigeria is concerned, just within three years in the saddle.
“Pam also repositioned the zonal offices on the assumption of office in July 2020; the Executive Secretary affirmed that the Zonal offices should be strengthened for effective and efficient service delivery in their various zones.
“He ensured that he appointed senior Officers to head the zones and ensured the Zonal Coordinators are from the same geopolitical zones they superintend. He equally increased the imprest allowance for zonal offices by matching words with action, the Executive Secretary made good his promise of improving the dignity of the zonal offices,” it stated.
The commission also stated that he graciously increased the payment of the imprest of N200,000 per quarter or one year to N200,000 monthly, that this is to make the zones more responsive and result oriented.
“The executive secretary was able to create a niche for himself by approving the relocation of the South-South Zonal Office from Bayelsa State to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. There has been a clamor for its relocation to Port Harcourt because Port- Harcourt is more accessible and more pilgrimage friendly.
“Every effort to move the zone to Port-Harcourt had always met brick walls until in 2021 when the office finally moved to a good edifice in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State capital,” NCPC stated.
