The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on insecurity to protect the lives and property of citizens.
The President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of a communiqué issued at the end of the association’s National Church Denominational Leaders Summit 2026.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the summit, themed “The State of the Nation and the Way Forward,” brought together top church leaders, bloc leaders and delegates to prayerfully review the country’s challenges.
Okoh clarified that the call was not a threat to President Bola Tinubu’s administration but a necessary reminder for the government to rise to its constitutional responsibility of defending the nation’s territorial integrity and promoting the welfare of its people.
“We are talking to a government that still has a level of responsibility, and so they will listen. We hope that when they listen, they will do the needful.
