Northern Christian leaders adopt new identity as ‘Northern Christian Association’

The Chairman of the Forum of Northern Christians and the FCT, Reverend Joseph John Hayab, has said that the adoption of a caller individuality by Christian leaders successful Northern Nigeria is intended to fortify their determination dependable without creating friction with the nationalist enactment of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Hayab made the disclosure successful Kaduna astatine a stakeholders’ gathering of CAN chairmen from the 19 bluish states and the Federal Capital Territory, alongside their secretaries and representatives of the younker and women’s wings, held betwixt Wednesday and Thursday to people his archetypal day successful office.

He explained that the assemblage antecedently known arsenic Northern CAN has present formally unveiled the Forum of Northern Christians, besides known arsenic the Northern Christian Association, to debar recurring misunderstandings astir its narration with the nationalist operation of CAN.

He stated that they stay Christians and members of CAN, noting that erstwhile speaking connected issues affecting Christians successful Northern Nigeria, they judge they should support a chiseled and wide individuality without immoderate quarrel with the nationalist assemblage of CAN.

The president observed that t...