This declaration is contained in a statement issued in Kaduna Friday by the CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, who decried the recent killings and destruction of property in Kagoro, Southern Kaduna.
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The President made the pledge in Abuja while receiving members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) led by the Co-Chairs, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev’d Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle.
This is contained in a statement issued by Special Assistant, Media Communication to the CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji on Monday in Abuja.
Dogara made the call at the 45th anniversary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) held in Abuja on Friday.
Pantami was among seven Readers (Associate Professors) promoted to Professors by the governing council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), at its 186th meeting held on Friday, August 20, 2021.
It would be the climax of series of condolence visits and messages by leaders across all sectors to the deceased family since the passage of the iconic teacher on Monday, 2nd August.
The General-Secretary, CAN, Barr. Joseph Daramola, gave the charge at a press conference, on Thursday, in Abuja.
In a statement, Revd Hayab, who was a former Special Adviser on Religious Affairs to Governor Yakowa, said he had noted the grievous revelations against the minister, but was alarmed by the dangerous turns of events, especially with the release of some documents linking the embattled minister and the Muslim community with the death of Sir Yakowa.
Inaugurating the Directors and other members of the various Directorates on Friday in Jos, the Chairman of the association, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, said the initiative was aimed at projecting the image of the association.
The Association condemns the continuous act of killing of innocent Nigerians under the pretence of blasphemy and considers the willful absence of justice for victims of these mindless killings in Nigeria by the relevant authorities as a very serious constitutional breach and security threat to our unity and collective survival as a nation. The now-familiar tradition of avoidance to arrest or properly investigate and prosecute cases involving the deliberate killing of innocent Nigerians is evidence of a scripted plan to operate another nation within the Nigerian state and to deny justice to those who truly deserve justice
The Chairman of the North East Zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Shu’aibu Byal, made the call when members of Arewa Citizens Action for Change paid him a courtesy call in Bauchi on Wednesday
The wise King Solomon rightly posits that, “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan” (Proverb 29:2).
The Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO), a coalition of Muslim organisations, central mosques, Muslim professional bodies and faith-based organisations has described the $9.3m Cash-for-Arms-Deal as a criminal act.
The Christians United Against Boko Haram has accused a former Minister of FCT, Mallam Nasir EL-Rufai of tipping off the South African authorities to lookout for two Nigerians who were arrested recently in connection with an arms transaction.