The Christian Association of Nigeria in the South West has backed the agitation for the restructuring of the country.
CAN South West said that rather than waiting endlessly for the change promised by politicians, Nigerians should embrace restructuring and work towards its realisation.
CAN President in the region, Arch. Bishop Magnus Atilade, said this while inaugurating the newly elected officers of the Ogun State chapter of the association in the Sagamu area of the state.
He said, “The word change has been misused; we all want change but the change we want is restructuring.
“That is what is on the lips of every good Nigerian. I am saying this as the representative of Christians in the Yorubaland.”
Atilade also said that Christians were not pleased with a situation where people of one particular faith continued to control the affairs of the country at the top.
He said, “We are also not pleased with one set of religious groups being the leadership of all the forces of coercion in the country.
“We are not against anybody, but having all forces in the hands of a religious group is not acceptable. Christians should no longer play a second
fiddle.”
Also speaking on the occasion, the state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, charged Christians to pray against the economic challenges facing the country.
Amosun, who was represented by his deputy, Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga, also expressed concern about how social vices such as corruption, murder, stealing and dishonesty had taken over the church.
“It is disheartening that social vices such as corruption, stealing, dishonesty, murder and others, which are common in the society, are now found in places that were deemed
sacred.”
