Uja tasks Israel on more investments, economic pact with Nigeria

Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja, has charged the Israeli government to deepen its investments, partnerships and economic collaborations with Nigeria.
Uja gave the charge recently when he played host to the Israeli Charge D’ Affairs, Mr. Nadav Goren, at the Commissions’ corporate headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, “we ask that Israel invests and shares with Nigeria on some great projects that border on agriculture, technology, security and others that will show our long time partnership as a nation with them and also perfect our relationship.” “We as a Commission, our primary pilgrimage destination is Israel.
We still want Israeli government to make visa procurement process easier for Nigerians to access so that going on pilgrimage will be easier, cheaper and faster,” he said, and commended Israel for organising this year’s National Old Testament Bible Competition in Nigeria.
Earlier, in his remarks, the Israeli Charge D’Affairs in Nigeria, Mr.
Nadav Goren, said “this year’s National Bible Competition organised by Israel will take place on October 17, 2018, in Nigeria.” According to him, “this Bible competition has been taking place in other countries, but unfortunately, it has not taken place in Nigeria and Africa before; so this year, the competition is actually going to take place in October in two countries – Nigeria and Angola – in Africa.” He said: “The need to promote peaceful co-existence between Nigeria and Israel with other nations of the world led to the choosing of this year’s National Old Testament Bible Competition with the theme “Living Peacefully in the Holy Land.” “The old testament has an impact on Israel identity.
The first Bible context took place in Israel in 1958.
The Bible has a big connection to the spirit and people of Israel and can be seen historically.
I think with this initiative we can learn and relate these messages especially at this time that we have different conflicts around the country and as a gentle reminder of the importance of peaceful co-existence before the 2019 general elections.
The competition will be in three levels with the application stage as the first level, then two winners from each state level to compete at the national level where the overall two winners will go on an all-expense paid trip to Israel.”