NIGERIA (Oyo)-The Secretary, Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board, Christian Wing, Mr David Ishola, on Monday said the board would now organise pilgrimages three times annually.

Ishola told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan that the first trip was billed for April.

The secretary said the second exercise was a ‘family package’ while the third would hold between October and December.

Ishola said the board, which was established in 1977, was saddled with the responsibility of planning hitch-free pilgrimages for Christians wishing to visit Israel.

The secretary also said the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission in Abuja was working with boards in states to ensure a hitch-free annual exercise.

He added that the board would soon embark on sensitisation visits to all the 33 local governments in the state.