Crisis hits CAN, as NEC dissolves elders forum

The confidence and leadership crisis rocking the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) took a new dimension as the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the association dissolved the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) due to irreconcilable differences with its activities.

This is contained in the communique issued yesterday in Abuja, of CAN NEC meeting held Tuesday in Abuja and jointly signed by CAN acting General Secretary, Barrister Daramola Joseph Bade and Director, National Issues, Bishop S.T.V. Adegbite.

The meeting, the communique said, also applauded the CAN President for the unprecedented achievements recorded under his watch and passed a vote of confidence on him.

The NEC said the dissolved NCEF was using the social media and a section of the traditional media to attack its leadership especially the President, Dr Samson Ayokunle, using unprintable words to label him due to his refusal to take directive from its members.

“NEC sees all the negative and baseless publications against the CAN President as mere distractions and a calculated attempt to malign his integrity and derail him from his focus of giving CAN credible leadership.

It said, “CAN among others immediately dissolves the NCEF which was inaugurated on Thursday, January 15, 2015 by the powers conferred on the then CAN President. CAN NEC, by the same powers that inaugurated the forum, forthwith dissolve and dissociates completely from the NCEF in view of the incongruous and unacceptable operations manifested consistently by the group.”

The NEC in a letter with reference number: CAN/Ag.GS/OGMAILS/205 and dated November 23, 2018, also informed the NCEF Chairman, Prof. Solomon Asemota (SAN) of the development.

The CAN NEC also dismisses the media publication of the immediate past National Youth CAN Chairman, Mr. Daniel David Kadzai, who alleged that the CAN President defrauded CAN of “over N2.8bn”.

It said, “CAN regrets that a man who had served the Association in the past, and was tolerated in spite of his numerous incompetent leadership skills, could not only be malicious, but impersonate himself as Chairman of the Congress of Northern Nigerian Christians (CNNC). “Although he has apologized for his falsehood by the said publication and has verbally retracted his claims, and the CNNC has equally denied him of being their Chairman, it is important to set the records straight. However, because he has apologized to CAN leadership, he has been forgiven in the spirit of Christ as recorded in Matthew 6:14-15.”