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  • God is with you – New CAN President’s wife, Ngozi tells him

    God is with you – New CAN President’s wife, Ngozi tells him

    General Deaconess (Mrs) Ngozi Okoh has congratulated her husband, Archbishop Daniel Okoh after he emerged as the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mrs Okoh, a prolific gospel singer, while charging Archbishop Okoh not to be afraid, stated that she and their children will support him in the new position.

    “Congratulations my dear Husband, my Darling brother and my Dearest Friend. Do not be afraid God is with you! He, that  called you, never fails and He never slumbers.

    “Victory belongs to him and he will never leave you alone in Jesus name Amen. By God’s grace I and our Children will support you with everything within us in this your new position.

    “I love you my Love. We pray that God will use you to restore and rebuild our dear Nation Nigerian! Congratulations our CAN President of Nigerian,” she stated.

    TNG reports Archbishop Okoh was born on November 12, 1963 in Kano to Christian parents. He is a native of Ndoni in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. He is married to Ngozi and they are blessed with four children.

    Okoh is a product of the famous Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. In 1988, he graduated from the University of Port-Harcourt in the Second Class Upper Division in Political Science and Education.

    Thereafter, he attended Christ Holy Church Seminary, Onitsha and was awarded a diploma in Theology. Since then he has undertaken many courses and participated in seminars that are relevant to his ministry work both in Nigeria and abroad.

    As the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church International – an African Independent Church – he leads his denomination in ecumenical relations with other denominations in the body of Christ and engages with people of other religions in dialogue for peaceful co-existence and sustainable development.

    For more than 20 years, Most Rev. Daniel Okoh, has been actively involved in ecumenical relations and interfaith dialogue in and outside Nigeria through the following positions : International Chairman of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC); National President of OAIC (Nigeria Region) (2005 – 2014); National Vice-President of Christian Association of Nigeria (2007 – 2013), former member, Board of Directors of Inter-Faith HIV/AIDS Coalition of Nigeria; Member, Governing Council of Good News Theological College and Seminary Accra, Ghana; Member, Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC); and Member of the Board of African Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace.

    He is also a board member of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (Nigeria). Between 2000 and 2003 he was the only African representative in the Steering Committee of the International Forum on Multicultural Ministry which was initiated and sponsored by the Mission and Evangelism Team of the World Council of Churches.

    In the area of Politics and Governance, Archbishop Daniel Okoh was one of the six delegates that represented CAN in the National Political Reform Conference of 2005 organised by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

    From 2009 – 2011 Most Rev. Daniel Okoh served on the board of National Orientation Agency (NOA) as an Institutional representative of Christian Association of Nigeria.

    Over the years, Daniel Okoh, a de-tribalized Nigerian, has built friendships across religious and ethnic lines around the globe. He welcomes and participates in conversations and programmes that would bring about peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the world and sustainable development.

    TNG reports Okoh was officially inaugurated as the 8th President of CAN at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja on Thursday, bringing to an end the tenure of Dr Samson Olusupo-Ayokunle.

  • 2023: New CAN President, Okoh condemns APC over Muslim-Muslim ticket

    2023: New CAN President, Okoh condemns APC over Muslim-Muslim ticket

    The new President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh has condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) for flagging a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Archbishop Okoh, who was inaugurated as the 8th President of CAN at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja on Thursday, however, advised that no matter what happens, Christians must resolve to make a positive impact.

    The new CAN President, who is expected to serve a single five-year term, in his acceptance speech, charged President Muhammadu Buhari to quell the rising insecurity in the country.

    “While thanking the President and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) for his efforts to combat terrorism and banditry, I would like to appeal to His Excellency to end the bloodletting, kidnapping and general insecurity in all the geo-political zones of the country.

    “I believe that the government can do more to secure the lives and properties of Nigerians given all the modern technology within its reach,” Okoh said.

    According to him, the need for CAN to respond appropriately to national issues is imperative while assuring that the apex Christian organisation would continue to participate actively and effectively in nation building.

    “We are coming in at the time that all of us in the Christian faith believe that some sections of political leaders are not sensitive to the diverse nature of our population when certain decisions are being made.

    “Many Christians feel and have the genuine fear that there is a deliberate plan to remove the Christian faith from the scheme of things and make us second-class citizens in our own country – genuine fear borne out of the recent happenings in our polity i.e. the same-faith ticket in one of the major political parties in Nigeria despite the caution raised by CAN since two years ago.

    “Whatever happens, no matter how many times our sensibilities are insulted, we must resolve to make a positive impact on the political, economic and social systems of our dear nation,” he said.

    Nevertheless, Okoh stated that for Christians to remain relevant in the scheme of things, the first step was to increase CAN’s efforts to work towards Christian unity and mutual understanding among the denominations of the Church in Nigeria.

    The General Assembly of CAN formally validated the election of Okoh as its new President on Thursday, thereby bringing to an end the tenure of Dr Samson Olusupo-Ayokunle.

    His recommendation by an electoral college which was set up to screen and suggest candidates for the offices of the President and Vice President, respectively, as presented by the blocs that have rights of nomination was in line with the provisions of the 2021 CAN constitution as amended.

    The Archbishop, who is the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church International, Onitsha, emerged as the new spiritual leader of CAN, after getting a 100 per cent vote of all 259 delegates who participated in its 12th General Assembly.

    Ayokunle told his successor to love the people irrespective of their weaknesses.

    “The people will annoy him, make him angry, and may not even appreciate him, but he must continue to seek the good of the people,” he advised.

  • BREAKING: Daniel Okoh emerges new CAN president

    BREAKING: Daniel Okoh emerges new CAN president

    The Most Reverend Daniel Okoh has been elected as the new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

    TheNewsGur.com (TNG) reports CAN’s General Secretary, Mr Joseph Daramola disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.

    The Most Reverend Okoh is the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church, also known as Nation Builders (Odozi-Obodo).

    CAN is made up of five blocs: Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Christian Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (CPFN)/Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC), (TEKAN and ECWA Fellowship).

    The association is scheduled to hold its general assembly on July 27 which would usher in the new administration. The assembly also marks the end of the tenure of Samson Olusupo-Ayokunle.