2023: Nigerians’ Must Negotiate With Aspirants – CAN President
By Kabir Akintayo
Newly elected President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has urged Nigerians to question both presidential and governorship candidates on election promises.
He said, Nigerians have come to a point where they feel that they need to sit down and negotiate with the presidential and governorship candidates.
“We must ask them: ‘What is our portion in your administration (if elected)?’ They should be able to convince you before you can cast your votes for them. Nobody should take away your future from you. Don’t let anyone give you money to buy your conscience and four years of joy”.
Archbishop Okoh said this in Abuja on Sunday in his sermon at the 2022 men’s conference of Christ Holy Church International, themed, ‘By faith, give leadership’.
He also stressed the need to vote candidates on their achievements and personalities, urging people not to vote based on political parties.
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“It is important that people of God at this time should have their eyes open. Before casting your votes, make sure you know the people you are giving your votes to. In Nigeria, things are beginning to change. Gone are those days when people vote based on the political party fielding the candidate; when once you have the ticket of a particular party, you are covered.”
“Today, people are looking at individuals, their credibility, character, experience, capacities and antecedents in relation to the positions they want to occupy,” Okoh said.
would not use the political party as a deciding factor in the choice of a candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Archbishop Okoh said this in Abuja on Sunday in his sermon at the 2022 men’s conference of Christ Holy Church International, themed, ‘By faith, give leadership’.
Nigerians have come to a point where they feel that they need to sit down and negotiate with the presidential and governorship candidates. We must ask them: ‘What is our portion in your administration (if elected)?’ They should be able to convince you before you can cast your votes for them. Nobody should take away your future from you. Don’t let anyone give you money to buy your conscience and four years of joy.
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