CAN JOIN FORCES WITH NOA ON NATION WIDE PEACE BUILDING CAMPAIGN
Awka:By Obiorah Anthony
The aggrieved candidates seeking redress in the law court over the alleged ugly out come of the 2023 presidential Election in the country have been advised to continue using peaceful processes in seeking justice.
The Anambra State President ,Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN),Venerable Joseph Nweke, made the call while playing host to the State Director National Orientation Agency (NOA),Awka,Sir Joseph Uchendu, who paid him a courtesy call in his office in Onitsha, Onitsha North Local Government Area.
He said that the aggrieved candidates could equally further seek redress in the Supreme Court of Nigeria, if they are not satisfied with the the verdict of the various Election Tribunals rather taking laws into their hands.
The CAN President,who recalled that the Association was not comfortable with the outcome of the Presidential Election when announced by INEC, said that the Leadership of the Association in the country did not waste time in coming up with a statement warning the people to remain calm and go about their normal businesses while the aggrieved candidates should seek redress in the competent law courts for the sake of peace in the country.
Venerable Nweke, maintained that the Association is ready to join forces with NOA on its nation wide programme on Peace Building and Stabilization Advocacy to reorientate the people on the best way to live civilized lives devoid of all forms of crime.
Speaking earlier, the NOA State Director, Sir Uchendu, said that he came to solicit the blessings of the Association so that his administration will be guided by divine providence as he pilots the affairs of the Agency in the State.
He said that peace as a virtue should be rigging bell in the heart of every Nigerian in the task of Nation building devoid of all forms of violence.
He charged the people to toe the path of resolving all forms of conflict among them using peaceful processes and work towards buying into the on going programme of the Agency on Peace Building and Stabilization Advocacy in the country ,adding that Nigeria cannot develop in an environment bedeviled by violence .
He pleaded with the Association to use its wide rage of information network in the State to assist NOA in communicating the messages of the event to the greater percentage of Ndi-Anambra ,saying that the people regard any message that come from them as gospel truth.
From him, the Deputy Director, Planning Research and Strategy, NOA, Awka, Comrade Felix Agbu, described the event as an eye opener as it has given them a sense of direction in the course of carrying out their functions in the State for sustainability of peace in all corners of the country.
