GUARDIAN NG
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has said that President Bola Tinubu’s inclusive governance irrespective of ethno-religious differences has overshadowed the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the Presidency.
Besides, Northern CAN Chairman, Reverend Yakubu Pam, told Journalists in an interview shortly after the meeting of the National Executive Committee of Northern CAN in Kaduna that it would be good to have a Christian as the number two citizen at the Presidency for balancing between the two major religions in the country.
He said: “For me, the most important thing is a government that is inclusive and as far as they have done Muslim-Muslim ticket, we have also seen reasonably inclusiveness. Left for us, we will say yes, let’s have Christians in certain positions like Vice President and other positions to reflect our diversity.”
Pam noted that “the Presidency will be good to bring a Christian as number two. We will appreciate it, there is nothing wrong with that. Whatever way the important thing is that insecurity should be tackled.
“We know the desire of people is to see that insecurity is addressed so that they can go about their normal daily activities without fear. This is already happening, we want the government to declare a complete state of emergency on the issue of insecurity.
“We may have a Christian there and killings may still be going on, but it is something we still pray for…
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