President
of the Senate, Senator David Mark, yesterday, urged Nigerian pilgrims
to this year’s pilgrimage in the Holy City of Israel to pray fervently
for the country.
Mark
made these charges while addressing the pilgrims from St. Mulumba’s
Catholic Chaplaincy, Apo, Abuja, ahead of their airlift to the Holy
City.
He warned the pilgrims that pilgrimage was not a tea party but a place for a total communion with God.
Mark
also urged them to remember the nation in prayers so that God would end
the insecurity and other challenges facing the country.
He enjoined them to be worthy ambassadors throughout their stay in Israel.
His words: “Your conduct would go a long way to show that Nigeria is not a country of bad eggs, or otherwise.
“Remember
you are going to Israel on religious mission not for jamboree or any
commercial interest. You must put Nigeria first in all you do.
“Besides,
you must go as a team and return as one group. Any attempt to abscond
or behave in any manner unacceptable of a responsible citizen would not
be tolerated.”
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