The Christian Association of Nigeria has refused to accept the Companies and Allied Matters act which would empower the supervising minister to suspend trustees of the Church and appoint temporary managers to manage the affairs of the Church for some given reasons.
CAN describes the bill as “Satanic” because it would snuff life out of the church and rank the church as a secular institution under secular control.
The Company and Allied Matters Bill was signed into law on 7 August by the President, Muhammadu Buhari having already been passed by the National Assembly. The bill was condemned by the general overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, who characterised the bill as a direct attack on the church.
CAN in a statement signed on Thursday by Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant on Media and Communications to CAN President, Rev Samson Ayokunle, noted that the Federal Government has declared war on the church if it moved on to implement the law
The statement was titled, ‘Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) rejects CAMA Completely.’
CAN, beckoned on Buhari to “stop the implementation of the obnoxious and ungodly law until the religious institutions are exempted from it” and “return the law to the National Assembly for immediate amendment.”