His Eminence Archbishop Daniel Okoh, President of CAN, stated this at the start of a presidential dialogue in Abuja on Tuesday, with the theme ‘A Prosperous and Peaceful Nigeria Founded on Justice and Freedom for All.’

Okoh stated that the leadership of the CAN would meet with the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

According to the CAN President, the purpose of the dialogue is to ensure that all presidential candidates understand the concerns of Nigerian Christians and propose policies to address them.

Okoh said the Christian body had spent time to review the problems that hindered peace and progress in the country and articulated suggestions on how best to resolve them.

The CAN leader said the country is facing a crisis of development and governance, stressing that incoherent constitutional and institutional framework of the country are responsible for the crisis.

He said, “We have consulted with Nigerians of diverse religious, ethnic and social identities on the problems of the country and the solutions to them have been articulated in the strategic document we call the Charter for Future Nigeria.

“The document considers this incoherence in political, social, and economic dimensions. It makes genuine recommendations for resolving Nigeria’s recurrent crises that borders on justice and fairness, equality of all ethnic and religious groups, equal access to basic economic and social rights, political freedom and an egalitarian and just social order.”