Abia State government has charged religious leaders in the State to put a check on leaders in the society to ensure good governance in Abia State and beyond.

The Special Assistant to Governor Alex Otti on Religious Activities, Apostle Kenneth Wiper gave the charge in Umuahia during the official handover by the outgoing executive of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Abia State Chapter led by Apostle Emmanuel Agomuo to the new executive led by Rev. Ojo Ojo Uduma.

Apostle Wiper attributed failure in speaking up as one of the things that have kept the State in jeopardy for over 20 years. He said that the present administration led by Dr. Alex Otti has many spiritual projects to roll out, assuring that it would partner with CAN in the State to achieve success.

The Special Assistant, who commended Apostle Agomuo for setting an antecedent of good leadership in CAN encouraged the new executive of CAN in the State to see their hand as a springboard to take the body of Christ in Abia to a greater height.

Handing over to the new State CAN Chairman, the outgoing Chairman, Apostle Emmanuel Agomuo said CAN is not a political organization and advised the new leadership not to fight the government of the day but to pray for it and approach it with good counsel that would engender peace and development in Abia, God’s own State. He urged Governor Alex Otti to recognize CAN in Abia and inaugurate the new leadership, noting that the former administration in the State failed to inaugurate the executive that just served out its tenure of office.

Responding on behalf of other members of the executive, the new CAN Chairman, Rev. Ojo Ojo Uduma said he was happy to be elected to lead Abia CAN in a period Abia State has a positive change they have been yearning for and assured they would sustain their prayers for the Governor and the people of the State to enable the Governor to achieve his dreams for the State. He said he would do his job well and sensitize the Christians in the State accordingly.

The new CAN Chairman, who is of the TEKAN/ECWA Bloc of the Christian Association of Nigeria doubles as the Chairman of Aba District of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), which covers Cross River, Akwa Ibom, parts of Rivers, parts of Imo and Abia State.

Divine Nwankwo
Principal Information Officer
Govt. House, Umuahia.

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