The Lagos State Government has emphasised the need for the intending pilgrims for the Holy Pilgrimage to be medically and physically fit for the journey.
Its comment comes as preparations for the Easter edition of the annual Pilgrimage Exercise to Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Jordan begins.
Board Secretary, Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Yetunde Gbafe stated this during the medical and administrative screening exercise organised for the intending pilgrims by Government.
Gbafe said government wants to be sure all the intending pilgrims traveling for the Pilgrimage had all requisite travelling documents with verifiable medical history to embark on the journey.
"Holy Pilgrimage is a rigorous exercise that requires that intending pilgrims must be physically and spiritually fit to participate in all the exercises throughout the duration", Gbafe added.
The Board Secretary told the intending pilgrims that the screening exercise will provide platforms for the organisers to make provisions for necessary assistance for the intending pilgrims to make their journey to and from Jerusalem and Jordan hitch-free.
While saying that intending pilgrims will not be disqualified or denied the opportunity of participating in the spiritual exercise on the basis of certain health conditions that can be effectively managed, Mrs. Gbafe disclosed that the screening exercise will assist the medical team to take along with appropriate medications that will meet the medical needs of the intending pilgrims.
She used the opportunity of the screening exercise to invite interested Christians planning to embark on the holy Pilgrimage exercise to use the platform made available by the Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board for the spiritual journey, stressing that the sales of forms for Jerusalem and Jordan were still ongoing.
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