The essence of the dialogue is to ensure that all the presidential candidates understand the concerns of Nigerian Christians and propose policy and programme to address them.
The Christian Association of Nigeria has begun an interactive session with the presidential candidates of political parties for the 2023 general elections to enable the flag bearers feel the pulse of the Christian community in the country.
The CAN President, His Eminence, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, at the first leg of the meeting on Tuesday, described Nigerian challenges as the “incoherent constitutional and institutional framework” of the country.
Okoh added that Nigeria was facing a crisis of development and governance, and CAN had spent time to review the problems and articulated suggestions on how best to resolve them.
The CAN President spoke at the first leg of the session, in Abuja under a theme “A Prosperous and Peaceful Nigeria Founded on Justice and Freedom for All.”
He said, “We have consulted with Nigerians of diverse religious, ethnic and social identities on the problems of the country and the solutions to them have been articulated in the strategic document we call, the Charter for Future Nigeria.
“The document considers this incoherence in political, social, and economic dimensions. It makes genuine recommendations for resolving Nigeria’s recurrent crises that borders on justice and fairness, equality of all ethnic and religious groups, equal access to basic economic and social rights, political freedom and an egalitarian and just social order.
"The essence of the dialogue is to ensure that all the presidential candidates understand the concerns of Nigerian Christians and propose policy and programme to address them.”
However, the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, Hamza Al-Mustapha, while speaking at the meeting, identified insecurity and economic sabotage as major teething challenges that would confront the next administration.
He added that Nigeria did not need an unreliable leader.