Fallout of APC VP candidate unveiling: Clerics to wear ID cards

Following the controversy that trailed the presentation of vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, the Christian Association of Clergies in Nigeria (CACN) has begun the issuance of identification numbers to all Christian clerics in the country.

The group said that incident and the embarrassment it caused the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) made its action imperative for easy and proper identification.

In a joint press statement made available to newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State on Wednesday, CACN National Coordinator, Justice Alpha Ikpeama, and the National Secretary, Bishop Joseph Ajujungwa said the exercise would be done in collaboration with the Bible Family Christian Media, also known as the Bible Media, a global Christian research and publicity network.

The group argued that if professional bodies, such as the Nigerian Bar Association and native doctors have their identification numbers, nothing stops clerics from having identification numbers.

The statement read in part: “We are commencing the enumeration of clergies in the country. This is a measure to serve as a guide for ministers’ information, as a compendium for the accessibility of information; thereby offering avenues for partnership and data-bank information generation exchange.

“It will also function as a unifying platform for the body of Christ and serve the purpose of globalisation.

“This idea was muted after the clergies reflected and shared their views on the state of affairs and false approach in Christianity. We now promised to embark on moves toward a rescue mission for the state of Nigerian churches/ministers.

“This would be done in collaboration with the Bible Family Christian Media also known as the Bible Media, a global Christian research and publicity network to substantiate the supremacy and authority of the Holy Bible.

“All the professional bodies, particularly the Nigerian Bar Association, even the native doctors are being identified with identification numbers, CACN, therefore, call on all concerned bodies to cooperate with the clergies and the Bible Media to actualise this noble mission which would be done under each Christian bloc, while a six-month period would be given for accomplishing the same”.