The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, a major pro-Jonathan support groups rooting for his re- election in 2015, has disclosed that rather than organizing a rally in the North East which is slated for this week Saturday, it would stage a prayer session for Nigeria because of the security challenge caused by the activities of the Boko Haram sect.
TAN in a statement it issued through its Director of Communications, Udenta O. Udenta on Wednesday, said top clerics from the two main religions in the country, Christianity and Islam from within and outside the zone would be mobilized to Gombe, the Gombe state capital for prayers to put an end to the problem of insurgency.
The statement reads, “The zonal rally scheduled for the North East this Saturday will take a unique shape different from the previous ones to reflect the prevailing situation in the troubled zone.” According to the statement, the Saturday rally,will be more of a prayer session for peace to return to the zone and indeed Nigeria.
“Top clerics from the two main religions in the country, Christianity and Islam from within and outside the zone would be mobilized to Gombe, the Gombe state capital for supplications to our creator for an end to the hostilities, prayer for members of the nation’s armed forces who are putting their lives in the line of fire to keep the nation safe, and distribution of relief materials to victims of terrorism and other internally displaced persons.”
The statement was handed at the same time Udenta challenged the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to a public debate that would see them face each other and brainstorm on national issues.
According to the group, “Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria TAN after due consideration of the developments in the polity as it relates to the continued deliberate misconception of the its activities and the mindless attacks on it, has on Wednesday challenged the main opposition party All Progressive Congress APC’s spokesman Alhaji Lai Mohammed to a public debate with its spokesperson, Dr. Udenta . o. Udenta to discuss issues of national importance”
He maintained that the debate becomes imperative to lay to rest the opposition party’s belle-arching over the ongoing nationwide rallies of TAN, adding, “the debate is to enable the two bodies, APC and TAN present to the public their various positions on raging political issues for their discernment.”
TAN said that as an advocacy group, it would not shy away from its responsibilities just because some political nihilists are bent on sowing chaos and disorder in the polity.’
The group further asserted that the feedback it is getting from its monitoring system indicates that majority of Nigerians are happy with TAN, stressing that the turn-out and enthusiasm which greeted four out of its scheduled six zonal rallies was a clear confirmation of that.
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