The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has urged the Church to carry government accountable, defend susceptible Nigerians and converse in opposition to injustice.
Okoh mentioned the Church should not abandon its accountability to talk for the individuals due to political pursuits or comfort.
He made the decision throughout CAN’s fiftieth anniversary celebration in Abuja on Saturday, the place he urged Christian leaders to undertake a brave, proof-primarily based and constructive method to nationwide points.
“The Church should preserve its independence, help insurance policies that profit the individuals and converse out when the government falls,” Okoh mentioned.
Okoh recognized internally displaced individuals, out-of-faculty youngsters, unemployed youths, farmers unable to entry their farmlands due to insecurity, ladies going through violence and victims of human trafficking as teams whose issues the Church should deal with.
He, nonetheless, cautioned that talking in opposition to injustice didn’t imply opposing each government coverage or turning the Church right into a platform for partisan politics.
“A responsible watchman must be accurate. He should not raise alarm simply because he dislikes a policy or disagrees with a political leader,” he mentioned.
