Akinfenwa calls for review of CAMA

The Bishop of Ibadan Anglican Diocese, Most Reverend Joseph Akinfenwa, has also joined church leaders and the overall Christian body, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), to the reject the new Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA) signed into law early this month.

In a release made available Tribune Churchnews, the cleric advised President Muhammadu Buhari to return the law to the National Assembly for immediate amendment as it is not acceptable by the Christian body.

“We are pained to observe that certain elements in the current political dispensation continue to paint the leadership of our nation as one that is insensitive towards and unresponsive to the people, particularly to Christians.

“While we choose to believe the best about the intentions of Mr President, we hereby call on him to exercise his discretion positively on issues that impact the core of the existence of  the Nigerian masses. We are in a democracy (not dictatorship); and if you came to power through the votes of a people, you should feel duty-bound to respect their wishes as you prosecute the business of governance,” he noted

Akinfenwa noted that CAMA 2020 is an ill-advised step adding that, “if not quickly reversed, it may place this government on the wrong side of history. It is for this reason that we hereby join the Christian Association of Nigeria to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to return CAMA 2020 to the National Assembly so that they may do the needful according to the wishes of the Nigerian people.”

 

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