The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has dismissed speculations made by Nollywood star Tonto Dikeh that it appointed her as its ambassador.
Tonto Dikeh had taken to her social media page on Friday to declare that she had been appointed as the commission’s ambassador for peace building following her visit to the commision’s office.
“I wish to announce my position as the new Ambassador of the Commission for Peace Building. Need your prayers as we embark on Peace building across the six (6) geopolitical Zones of the Nation because peace is indispensable,” she had claimed.
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But in a swift rebuttal, executive secretary of the christain Commision Yakubu Pam has in a statement, said he never appointed the movie star as an ambassador as claimed.
He noted that while Dikeh paid a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja on Thursday and shared her willingness to work with the commission, there was nothing like the said appointment but rather on how the commission can work together with her foundation on pilgrimage sponsorship.
“I wish to state in categorical terms that King @tontolet paid an official courtesy visit to me as the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission on 25th February, 2021 at the corporate headquarters of the commission in Abuja,” the statement read.
“As the founder of @officalthetontodikehfoundation she expressed her willingness and interest in partnering with the Commission in the area of peace building. She equally cashed in on the visit to commend me the NCPC boss for my positive and relentless peace initiatives across the country.
“However, I am suddenly inundated with claims from King Tonto Dikeh herself that she has been officially appointed as Ambassador of peace by this great commission. This claim has gone virile in the media.
“The commission frowns at this claim which is a clear misrepresentation of what transpired. The fact remains that I the executive secretary of NCPC never appointed King Tonto Dikeh as an ambassador of peace for NCPC and this was not part of her visit therefore this claim by her is spurious, unfounded and should be discarded and seen by all Nigerians as a figment of her imagination.
“Nevertheless, we appreciate her desire to partner with us in our peace building initiatives and in the area of pilgrimage sponsorship to the Holy Land.”
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Tonto dike also took to her official Instagram page giving a statement concerning the speculations suggesting she claimed to have been made an ambassador by The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission.
She said: “My name is Tonto Dikeh, best believe I will never lie on a human being talk more of a commission of a federation…
I will only simply say this life we all know what can go wrong in 1 seconds. But we moveee….
Coming from a place of leadership and Peace I wouldn’t fight this but I will walk away with my head held High and grow above it…. Thanks”
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