The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on yesterday urged the National Assembly to ensure the Federal Government withdraw from the Organisation of Islamic Conference and other religious bodies.

CAN said this at a gathering of prominent Christian leaders in the country at the Shepherdhill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos.

Media aide to the CAN president, Adebayo Oladeji, in a statement said the gathering condemned the plan to lead Nigeria into the Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism through an executive fiat. It also urged the National Assembly to prevail on Northern states to issue Certificates of Occupancy to churches in the region.

In his words:

“CAN calls on the National Assembly to compile the list of all organisations that Nigeria belongs to and all the treaties signed with a view to dropping all the religious ones. “That we declare the inability of the state governments to pay workers’ salaries and allowances as and when due as unacceptable and call on the federal and state’s governments to work together to address this.”

It admonished the Federal Government to “stop the untimely death of our people and medical tourism abroad.”

It condemned the failure of the security agencies to stop the murderous Fulani herdsmen from their criminal activities. The gathering also demanded the revival of the Nigerian Inter-religious Council.

Those who attended the meeting includes President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; the Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo; the General Overseer, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Archbishop Mike Okonkwo; and former CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.


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Even kids can read the handwriting on the wall.

But no matter how Abubakar Shekau and Buhari struggle, they must surely fail because, I have never seen where darkness has overshadowed the light. Never !!

No iddiot will impose cursed ungodly religion on Nigerians directly or indirectly .

All headslammers are stvpid terrorists--. Donald Trump
20th September 2016.

RELIGION IS ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY.

Buhari is a failure and a terrorist

when an Islamic jihadist..is your president what do you expectthis country is for north
so if you are seeing yourself as a Nigerian just know that you are a northerner and a zombie

pdp spiritual wing

No need to warn anybody. they won't be there forever. we will right the wrongs when we get there.

Na mouth una dey. Christianity in this part of the world is shadowed by cowardice

Another Christian president will come and remove our nation from that useless organisation.

Empty CAN makes the loudest noise

CAN can be very funny at times. Well, I will take them serious the day they stop acting as proxy to PDP.

How is this really affecting CAN ?

Rara

Failed Nation

Sirjamo:
Empty CAN makes the loudest noise

Are they really empty? I only know they make a lot of Noise and no actions nor results.

Instead of the ignorant Muslims to give thoughts and take actions on this call they will rather make a religious issue out of it and tell us what Mohammed said and what he didn't say

ok

That's how they name buhari and shekau (biko haram leader) among the most influential Muslims in the world

Boko Haram Leader, Buhari listed among most influential Muslims in the world

This is really getting boring. Why can't they look for a way to make us be a part of a christian body?

jerseyboy:
Na mouth una dey. Christianity in this part of the world is shadowed by cowardice

Wisdom

Withdraw Nigeria from every and all religious organizations. Become a truly secular state and watch this country develop!

It's none of my business provided I'm not being disturbed in worshipping Jesus Christ My Lord
God and personal Saviour

Lilimax:
It's none of my business provided I'm not being disturbed in worshipping Jesus Christ My Lord
God and personal Saviour

It is naivety like this on the part of Armenian Christians that led to the complete wipeout of millions of Christians in Turkey. And you know the amazing thing is by the time they start with all of you. Uk, France, USA etc would not come to your rescue. Islam is 75% a political ideology and 25% a religious one, hence those of us who are actually with brains know best not to allow Islam into our politics Or we would be sorry.

True, anything that has to do with govt should never have a religious colouration. Govt must be secular especially if we are living in a state that is populated by two different religions. The govt should engage with secular organizations and bring about meaningful development. Any relationship we have with any Islamic nation should be a bilateral one and should end there. Any multilatera islamicl association is however a no no.

Islam and Islamic leaders lead to retrogression. Even UAE doesn't act islam

Let the northern Islamization continue

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Built2last:
No need to warn anybody. they won't be there forever. we will right the wrongs when we get there.

What if it is late;don't let be bias, joining could benefit Nigeria

You won't find the pernicious liar and sanctimonious dwarf called Osibanjo fighting for Christians.

Let me just park here

B

Are these guys confused or being plainly mischievous? Muslims constitute roughly half of Nigeria's population and membership of Islamic organizations is to cater for their interests and indeed the interest of rational people in the country even if they r non- Muslims. By the way, in what ways are Christians negatively affected by nigeria's membership of Islamic organizations? Hypocrisy is a terrible condition - these so-called religious leaders set out deliberately to deceive their gullible followers as usual. The hypocrites
close their eyes to the fact that Ugandan, Benin republics and some other countries with majority Christian population are members of OIC, reaping the benefits.