BREAKING: Excitement As New CAN President Sworn-In In Abuja

Most. Reverend Daniel Okoh has been sworn-in as the new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

The swearing-in was done at the National Ecumenical Centre Abuja, Nigeria.

The outgone president of CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, conducted the coronation before a crowd of people including politicians and federal and state government representatives.

“In the presence of God and his people, I hand over the office of CAN to you in the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the HolyGhost, “ Ayokunle said while taking the new president to his seat.

“Congratulations, “ he told Okoh as the congregation shouted in excitement.

“You are visionary leader and have given the Christian community a sense of inclusivity. May the Lord be with you sir,” Okoh said to Ayokunle before the audience.

He added that his relationship with his predecessor is like son and father.

The new president is the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church also known as Nation Builders (Odozi-Obodo).

Okoh was born on November 12, 1963 in Kano to Christian parents and hails from Ndoni in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria.

He is married to Ngozi and their marital union is blessed with four children.

His profile as made available to THE WHISTLER by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Media Assistant to the outgone CAN’s President, His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, reads below:

“Archbishop Daniel Okoh is a product of the famous Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. In 1988, he graduated from the University of Port-Harcourt in Second Class Upper Division in Political Science and Education.

“Thereafter, he attended Christ Holy Church Seminary, Onitsha and was awarded a diploma in Theology. Since then he has undertaken many courses and participated in seminars that are relevant to his ministry work both in Nigeria and abroad.

“As the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church International – an African Independent Church – he leads his denomination in ecumenical relations with other denominations in the body of Christ and engages with people of other religions in dialogue for peaceful co-existence and sustainable development.

“For more than 20 years, Most Rev. Daniel Okoh, has been actively involved in ecumenical relations and interfaith dialogue in and outside Nigeria through the following positions : International Chairman of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC); National President of OAIC (Nigeria Region) (2005 – 2014); National Vice-President of Christian Association of Nigeria (2007 – 2013), former member, Board of Directors of Inter-Faith HIV/AIDS Coalition of Nigeria; Member, Governing Council of Good News Theological College and Seminary Accra, Ghana; Member, Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC);and Member of the Board of African Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace.

“He is also a board member of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (Nigeria). Between 2000 and 2003 he was the only African representative in the Steering Committee of the International Forum on Multicultural Ministry which was initiated and sponsored by the Mission and Evangelism Team of the World Council of Churches.

“In the area of Politics and Governance, Archbishop Daniel Okoh was one of the six delegates that represented Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the National Political Reform Conference of 2005 organised by Federal Government of Nigeria.

“From 2009 – 2011, Most Rev. Daniel Okoh served on the board of National Orientation Agency (NOA) as an Institutional representative of Christian Association of Nigeria. Over the years, Daniel Okoh, a de-tribalized Nigerian, has built friendship across religious and ethnic lines around the globe. He welcomes and participates in conversations and programmes that would bring about peaceful co-existence among the peoples of the world and sustainable development.”