The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the Northern States and Abuja on Tuesday asked outgoing President of the association, Pastor Ayo Oritsejaforto to shelve all plans to conduct any election that will usher in new executive of the CAN for now.
The election into the new executive of the national CAN is to be held after the mandatory second tenure of the President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and his Vice, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, had expired.
The association, with five blocs, comprising Christian Council of Nigeria, the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, the Organisation of African Instituted Churches, and the Evangelical Fellowship of West Africa had been embroiled in series of crises of recent.
The Northern CAN said shifting the proposed election would not only unite the body, but bring out the national CAN stronger.
According to the association, it is necessary to shift the poll so as to allow for genuine reconciliation and resolution of crisis among all the blocs that form the CAN.
The Northern CAN, therefore, urged the outgoing President to ensure that the crisis in ECWA/TEKAN bloc of CAN, amongst others were resolved before any election could hold, noting that it was unfortunate that they (body of Christ) that were “saddled with the responsibility of reconciling others cannot reconcile ourselves.”
Suspending the poll, according to the Public Relations Officer of the Northern CAN, Reverend John Hayab, who spoke to our correspondent in Kaduna, will bring out a more united body for Christians that can speak and act in one voice in the country.
The spokesman said: “CAN northern state is advising outgoing President of the association and Christians to suspend CAN election until the issue(s) that are on are resolved.
“We have resolved in our meeting of yesterday (Monday) to advise them not to continue with the election.
“Our concern is that if we don’t resolve these issues, the new leadership, will have the challenges of leading a united Christians in the country.
“One of the issues is that of the ECWA/TEKAN where they could not present their own candidate; the Catholic has written a letter that unless the election is properly done, it will pull out of the CAN.
“There are also some under-current issues which we know, if left unresolved and the election continues, will only divide CAN and give room for other splinter group.”
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