The Most Rev. Dr Daniel Okoh, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to end the seven-month strike.
He made the call Sunday, in his address during the interdenominational church service to mark the 62nd Independence Day at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja.
“I call on the Federal Government to do all that is necessary so that most of these youths will go back to the universities and engage with their studies.
“As it is often said that ‘idle minds are the devil’s workshop, idle lips are his mouthpiece,’” he said.
Okoh who described the 2023 general election as one of Nigeria’s greatest tests, urged citizens of voting age to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card, adding that politicians who hand out inducements to the electorate do not care for the nation or her people as they “disappear” afterwards.
“The year 2023 is the year of our test as a nation. Rather than taking up arms to kill one another and terrifying innocent and ordinary Nigerians, adults in this nation should take up our voter’s cards and go to the polls,” he added.