The Federal Government has urged the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria to seek audience with it privately on national issues rather than go public.
The Minister of Special Duties and International Affairs, Senator George Akume, made the call in Abuja when he hosted a delegation of CAN led by its president, Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle.
According to Akume, issues innocently discussed in public stand the risk of being misconstrued, distorted and blown out of proportion.
“Honestly, it is always good to seek interaction with government, sometimes off camera. It makes a lot of good because if you say sometime innocently, something that is innocently put across could be distorted and magnified for social purpose
“The purpose of government is to provide security for people and property. Government is doing whatever it can to tackle insecurity. Your duty is to provide spiritual guidance”, he said.
