NAN-H-96
Empowerment
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, Nov. 9, 2016 (NAN) Rev. Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has commended the Government of Cote d’ivoire for empowering its youths and supporting youth revolution in West Africa.
A statement by NCPC’s Head of Media, Mr Celestine Ogugua, on Wednesday in Abuja stated that Ujah gave the commendation when he received the delegation from Cote d’ivoire Ministry of Trade.
According to Uja, any nation that had been able to empower its youth is a nation on the path of development.
He said that the commission sent a high powered delegation to Cote d’ivoire this year to explore some of the Christian Holy Sites in the country.
Uja assured the delegation that he would send another delegation to Cote d’ivoire next year to further assess the Holy Sites and come out with workable recommendations.
He assured the delegation that he would honour their invitation to attend the forthcoming international trade fair holding in Abidjan in March next year.
The NCPC boss stressed that Nigerians believed in inter-African relationship and as such would continue to strengthen relations between the two countries.
Earlier, in her remarks, the leader of the delegation, Miss Alla Sambo, who represented the Ivorien Minister of Trade, invited Uja to be the special guest of honour at the third edition of the country’s trade fair.
Sambo said that the fair was not only commercial but for tourism, explaining that it would afford the executive secretary the opportunity to visit Christian Holy Sites in Abidjan.
She said that Nigeria had been chosen to serve as the special guest of honour and urged the NCPC boss to grace the occasion with other dignitaries from Nigeria. (NAN)
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