No fewer than two hundred and fifty first batch of intending Lagos pilgrims to Jordan have undergone PCR Covid-19 tests to ascertain their status before traveling out few days time.

The tests were carried out on the intending pilgrims at the Chapel of Christ the Light, Ikeja.

Executive Secretary, Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Florence Gbafe, who spoke at the event said the test was an offshoot of the new normal.

Gbafe stated that Jordan became the next choice of destination after Israel shut its door against visitors due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The Executive Secretary advised intending pilgrims to be ambassadors of Lagos and Nigeria in Jordan and that they should shun all negative vices that would put the state and Nigeria in disrepute.

A member of the Pilgrims Board, Adefoluso Adekoya, added that the pilgrims were visiting Jordan because of Israel’s shutting its door against visitors, saying there are many historical sites in the Bible with their roots in Jordan.

One of the intending pilgrims, Kayode Olabode commended the state government for the initiative to hold the tests in one place and charged all pilgrims to abide by COVID-19 protocols at all time.