The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on church leaders in Osun State to rally aid to assist the State’s civil servants who are passing through difficult times as a result of the delayed payment of their salaries for the past seven months.
Exchanging views with journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday after the meeting of the executive committee of CAN in the state, the association’s state chairman, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya, said that the church should go beyond feeding congregations with spiritual food especially at this time, but should also rally round to offer them succour.
According to him, “I talked about Christians and Muslims and others who are passing through hardship in Osun State because of the nonpayment of their salaries for months.
“Workers are passing through hardship and some who have retired have died because of lack of money to take care of themselves. We Christians have to emulate the action of the Good Samaritan in the Bible who assisted somebody he should not assist ordinarily. So, we should assist our brothers and sisters
“I urge church leaders and local government chairmen in attendance to go back home contribute food and other items to assist all these people who are in need.
“To the governments we are appealing to them to look for whatever means will make life beautiful for these people. We know that the problem is not peculiar to Osun State alone but this is lingering too much. The state government should do something urgently to put smiles on the faces of the workers,” he said.
The cleric ended by imploring members of the association to be united in order to further propagate the gospel.
Also speaking, Chairman of CAN in Osogbo Local Government Area, Rev. Adesola Olubadejo, appreciated the leadership of the association for taking the step in the right direction.
He expressed confidence that the situation was not beyond what God could rescue and requested members to commit the state to God’s hands in prayers.
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