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From Rose Ejembi, Makurdi
Christian Recovery Alliance of Nigeria (CRAN) has said the country is bleeding with a cocktail of multi-layered challenges and fault lines.
It also noted that the country had never been divided as it is now with religion foregrounding several of the fault lines.
“Nigeria is today a failed state and the rebirth/recovery of the country lies with the Christians,” it said.
It thus advised Christian leaders and adherents of the faith to understand the true nature of the threatening political landscape, especially with the current electioneering cycle.
He also tasked them to be emboldened as leaders of the faith to embrace participation in politics and political leadership.
CRAN stated this in a communique issued at the end of its strategic discourse for Christians in Strategic Political Leadership for Recovery of Nigeria (CSPL) held at the BENCEDI Hall, Makurdi, Benue State.
The communique was jointly signed by Pastor Qrisstuberg Amua, Gideon Inyom and Brahms Ikyuan.
CRAN took note of integrity for Christians in political leadership, especially to the extent of justice, equity, probity and accountability to the nation, to encompass a more inclusive system that allows all the key players to work as a team to realise the dream of the University.
It further noted that Christians in Nigeria have been slow at reading the landscape to grasp the larger picture. It said most are yet to appreciate the fact that the same faith ticket is a statement by Nigerian Muslims which must have an immediate and firm response and that the 2023 elections represent the right time for that response.
“The country must avoid the Lebanon trap; and the key to success on this is in how well Christians will organise. That the consequences for missing on this opportunity for we Christians and our children are too high, thus Christians must think ‘globally’ and act ‘locally,’ never forgetting that everything is about statecraft, stealth, blood, money, organisation and power.”
The communique harped on the need for Christians to shed uncooperative, non-sacrificial attitudes towards goals and the culture of denominational differences that is reflected in the disunity among adherents of the faith.
