The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has urged the Church to carry government accountable, defend weak Nigerians and converse in opposition to injustice.
Okoh mentioned the Church should not abandon its accountability to talk for the folks 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-based mostly and constructive strategy to nationwide points.
“The Church should keep its independence, assist insurance policies that profit the folks and converse out when the government falls,” Okoh mentioned.
Okoh recognized internally displaced individuals, out-of-college kids, unemployed youths, farmers unable to entry their farmlands due to insecurity, ladies going through violence and victims of human trafficking as teams whose considerations the Church should tackle.
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.
