CAN to Nigerians: Let's be more patient with Tinubu's govt

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) urged Nigerians to exercise patience with President Bola Tinubu’s administration as it addresses the numerous challenges confronting the nation.

During its inaugural visit to the State House in Abuja, CAN, under the leadership of President Archbishop Daniel Okoh, extended congratulations to President Tinubu and committed its support to the success of the administration.

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has appealed to Nigerians to be more patient with the administration of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

CAN, led by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, made its first visit to the State House, Abuja, congratulating President Tinubu and pledging its support to the success of the administration.

Speaking to journalists after the meeting with the President, Archbishop Okoh observed that the President, since assuming office, has shown himself to be sensitive to the situations facing Nigerians and has since been taking steps to find solutions to the challenges.

He noted that Nigerians, including the Christian community, have been noticing the President’s efforts to set the country back on the right path, adding that the current challenges were as a result of many years build, which he said will take some time to sort out.

“Sincerely, what we found out is that the President is actually sensitive to all these challenges that we have. He’s aware, and we see him making very positive steps, even from the beginning of his administration by the way, he has made appointments so far. ⁣

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“He has come with a great sense of inclusiveness. And Nigerians are having a sense of belonging as Nigerians and in this government and I tell you that his pronouncements so far and his body language has increased the confidence of Nigerians in Nigeria and we believe that, given the chance, he will do a lot more and we are praying that the Lord will strengthen his hand, to be able to do more and turn around the fortunes of this country.⁣

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“We know that there are a lot of challenges, but what we tell our people is that this is just the beginning of this administration and Nigeria is big and what we face now started not just today. It started many years back, and it will take a while to turn around these things.

“But the important thing is that there is an intentional step that the President has taken, and is taken to reverse the trend of events, especially in the area of governance, we see it very clearly and we see the effort is making towards securing this nation.

“So we ask the Nigerians who are watching and those people who seem to have lost hope, to not lose hope, but to have patience and persevere, though it is night, we know that a new dawn is just in the horizon”, he said .

He, however, advised the President⁣ “to continue on the path that he is now determined to follow. He is determined to run a government that is for all, a government that is all inclusive, a government that listens to the people, just like he made a pledge to us that he will continue to listen to us and he has opened the channels for us that anything that we see or any concern that we have, we should always come back to let him know. ⁣

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“So we believe that now we have a listening president. And we urge him to continue on that path. And to continue to always look out for those who mean well for this nation, and put them into good use. Thank you very much”, he said.

Speaking on the reason for the visit, Okoh said “the general elections of 2023 have come and gone and by the grace of God, we have a sitting President in the person of his excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.

“So the leadership of CAN decided to come to pay a courtesy visit to congratulate him on his election and to pledge our support for his administration”, he said.