Rev. Yakubu Pam appointed the Executive •Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission NCPC on 26th June, 2020, but assumed office formally on 7th July, 2020. By this appointment, he is the third substantive Executive Secretary of the Commission.
On assumption of office, he unveiled the blue print of his administration and articulated them in his six-point agenda. Chief among them is to fight and eradicate corruption, strategic engagement with the stakeholders, relationship building, reorientation of the mindset of people, creation of a Peace Desk in the Commission, amongst others.
So far he has been able to achieve these laudable objectives through his purposeful and staff centered policies. This one vear and seven months in the saddle, the NCPC boss has been able to rekindle hope and trust in the commission and this has engendered stakeholders respect and confidence in the Commission.
Rev. Pam has endeared himself before the staff by virtue of his faultless welfare policies because he considers the welfare of staff a priority. Since assumption of office, staff have been embarking on annual staff training and retreat unhindered allowances of staff are paid as at when due.

It is instructive to state that Rev. Pam assumed office at a most challenging time in the history of pilgrimage experience. occasioned by the threat of the
COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of this, his administration remained resolute and focused which saw to the opening of a new vista in our pilgrimage journey.
Obviously, Rev. Pam has been able to leave an indelible mark in the sands of time as far as Christian pilgrimage in Nigeria is concerned, just within one year and seven months in the saddle. Despite all odds, he was able to venture into a new pilgrimage destination the kingdom of Jordan for the first time in the history of Christian pilgrimage which was a child of necessity due to the prolonged closure of the Israel borders against international travels.
To this end, between 24th July to second week of September, 2021. the Commission successfully airlifted about 2,500 pilgrims to the kingdom of Jordan the first of its kind in the peak of global pandemic. The Commission also recorded for the first time in ten years, zero abscondment of pilgrims in Jordan as well as zero mortality and zero morbidity.

In a nutshell, the NCPC under his leadership had successfully introduced a new pilgrimage destination in the pilgrimage calendar of the Commission – the Jordan pilgrimage.
The Jordan pilgrimage has come to stay as an integral part of our pilgrimage process. This explains that from March 2022, pilgrims will visit Israel and Jordan as pilgrimage destination. This indication has introduced a great positive disparity between the past leadership of Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission and the current leadership under Amb. Rev. Yakubu Pam. It is also noteworthy to state that the Rev. Yakubu Pam successfully led a delegation of pilgrimage leaders to Israel and Jordan from 29th Jan to 6th Feb on the State of Readiness visit preparatory for the 2021 general pilgrimage exercise. Recently, the NCPC boss determined to expand the scope of Christian pilgrimage, also visited Turkey where he inspected some of the holy sites in the country, bearing in mind that the NCPC enabling act caponets 1t: 101 perform pilgrimages in the holy sites around the world. Under his leadership. the construction of NCPC Pilgrim’s heritage camp at the Central Business District of Abuja has received tremendous boost as the construction work has progressed greatly and will likely be completed in no distant time. Indeed, Rev. Pam has been able to enthrone purposeful and visionary leadership in the year under review.