CAN- Demands made to Buhari

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on ​Saturday released full text of the speech its President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo ​Ayokunle, read out when the group met President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ​.

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Ayokunle led a CAN delegation to a closed-door meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Issues raised include withdrawal of Nigeria from religious organizations, issuance of certificate of occupancy to churches in the North, unpaid workers’ salaries, breakdown of infrastructure in the nation, revival of Nigerian Inter-religious Council, unemployment and lopsidedness in appointments

​The speech made available ​to ​ DAILY POST by ​ Pastor​ Bayo Oladeji ​, spokesman to CAN president ​, reads:​

​” Your Excellency Sir, it was about two and a half years ago, precisely, July 2015 that we had the intention of paying this courtesy visit to you to congratulate you for becoming the President of our great country Nigeria. We however thank God that as Christian body in Nigeria, we are able to meet with you at last. So, what we intended to do then when we wrote to pay you courtesy visit, we are doing now by congratulating you for winning the election and for you to count on the Association to continue to pray for you for the Spirit of wisdom and understanding to be able to lead this country in the right direction until we get to our Promised land.

We wish to seize this opportunity as well to very much congratulate you for the miraculous recovery from sickness which took you away from the shores of Nigeria for many days. We as an Association took time to pray for you like other religious groups in this nation and we thank God that you are back alive. It was the love of Nigerians for you that kept all things intact while you were away and the able lieutenants that God gave to you who held the fort in your absence. May the affliction never arise again in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.