25 out of the 137 intending Christian Pilgrims for this year’s (2018) pilgrimage from Gombe State have been denied visas by the Israeli authorities.

The Executive Secretary of the Gombe State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr. Joseph Iliya Bega who revealed this during the farewell ceremony of the Pilgrims explained that no reason was given by Israel for the denial.

He explained however that the affected Pilgrims have been pleaded upon and were asked to forward names of their choices to replace them within the next four days from Monday the 31st December 2018.

The Executive Secretary also stated that another eight other Pilgrims had a delay in acquiring their visas but explained that the delay in the visas can only delay their departure but will not deny them the pilgrimage exercise.

In his farewell speech, the Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, who was represented by his Deputy, Mr. Charles Iliya urged the intending Pilgrims to be worthy ambassadors of Gombe State and Nigeria by ensuring high sense of humility, responsibility and dedication to the Almighty God.

He called on them to “avoid all forms of evil vices such as drug trafficking, abscondment or any act of indiscipline that will negatively portray the image of our beloved State and country”.

He also cautioned them to be careful with whom they converse with and what they say, shun sensitive diplomatic discussion and always conduct their affairs with discipline.

https://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/12/christian-pilgrimage-israel-denies-25.html

They should go back home and look forward to another time.

No hard feelings.

Good

Who pilgrimage epp. We are only good @ religion yet we have failed woefully at it.

This Is Nigeria

Deny all of them visas....

That's how they waste scarce resources

Let us see how many Nigerians Saudi Arabia will deny visa.

buhari the dullard is obviously the cause

Dem one PORT like the Last set of people

This is part of the Islamization Agenda by President Buhari led administration by planning with the Isreali govt to deny Christians and Jews alike pilgrimage to Isreal.

This year the first batch of people that was denied is 25, next year would be 50 and finally these rejected people would Ben persuaded to go for Islamic pilgrimage and they would be accepted and it’s an all expenses paid.

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Check their names well probably Christians with muslim names or islamic sounding names.

Awesome news!

Daniel058:
Dem no too trust Hausa people because most of them are terrorists.. Let's say the trust nah..


JESUS CHRIST IS LORD

Be guided

Childofaking:
Check their names well probably Christians with muslim names or islamic sounding names.

so am gonna find it difficult going for pilgrimage

Daniel058:
Dem no too trust Hausa people because most of them are terrorists.. Let's say the trust nah..


JESUS CHRIST IS LORD

So the others to whom visas were granted are not Hausa terrorist ?

they go run

id4sho:

so am gonna find it difficult going for pilgrimage

Bros I dont know why they were denied o. Just trying to figure out why others were given and these ones denied.

Weytin be una work wey dey Israel, una be Israelite Amadoha na hin go heat una, make una stay for your country jeje dey worship una Amadoha una no gree. Now see public disgrace.

Kingsleydr:
No sane country would welcome such amount of animals from a zoo. monkeys

One of the Osu on nairaland spotted

Nonsense
Nigerians go on pilgrimage every year.
They return and continue their mind boggling wickedness!
Christians and Muslims alike!

Kingsleydr:
No sane country would welcome such amount of animals from a zoo. monkeys

Yelobam moozelems from the Afonja bleaching and skull mining descendants won't like this.
Ewedugerians from the West side come and spill trash as usual.

This is one 'funnily serious' aspect of Nigeria i so much hate. Tax payers money used to send people on useless pilgrimages. Truth is, we're only sending billions of dollars to these countries in the name of holy lands.
Come and hang me but i'll tell you the truth, government-funded pilgrimage is corruption of the highest order. We can't grow the GDP of Saudi Arabia and Israel while ordinary IKOGOSI and OBUDU languishes. Enough of this misplaced priorities and stupid policies. . . **spits on the dieing body of a nation**

Nigeria is really doomed..We really need to separate the state from religion and become a secular nation..Thats the only way we can move forward. How can you be using state money to fund personal religious pilgrimage, does it make sense?...To make matter worse is that this pilgrimage fund can be used to solve other pressing needs in the society....How has previous pilgrimage benefited the nation as a whole?.Im really tired of this country


Those denied visa should tell the embassy that they are Abraham sons and they want to go to their father's land....shey na wetin dem dey shout upanddown every Sunday be that...religion my foot