The Civil Rights Action Against Corruption (CRAAC) has written to the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC, Rev. Yakubu
In the letter made available to DAILY POST, the group accused the NCPC boss of dragging down Christianity in Nigeria in the guise of executing the mandate of his office.
“The public outrage in and outside the Christendom – that greeted this irresponsible junketeering was righteous because your action was fraudulent, while your ill-advised defence of it is a blatant lie which has no place in a man professing to be a minister of Christ. You were able to attempt defending yourself in this only because Nigerians that were speaking out against your indiscretion were yet to obtain all the facts.
“Effectively, you should refund the government resources spent on the flight tickets and estacodes for the delegation to the Holy Land since you took these people on your personal assignment and not a national assignment. “Similar to how you select those that go on pilgrimage, vendors and contractors are selected from a circle consisting of your associates, friends and family.
“We however do not see value in waiting for your arrest, prosecution, conviction and sentencing to come after your tenure. NCPC is one organization where leadership should be by example and being a Christian oriented entity, corruption should have no berth at the Commission.