CAN rejoices with Buhari, says Nigerians should sustain prayers

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev (Dr) Samson Ayokunle has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, his family and Nigerians on his return to the country.

Buhari who returned Friday had a brief meeting with the Federal Executive Council (FEC), service chiefs and other top government functionaries said the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo who had been acting in his stead while away would continue to act.

Welcoming him back to the country, Ayokunle, in a statement issued and signed by his Special Assistant (Media and Communications), Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, rejoiced with the First Family and the country and urged Nigerians, especially, christians, not to cease praying for a total and perfect healing for him.

According to the statement “CAN rejoices with the family of President Muhammadu Buhari, the government and the whole nation on his return to the country after spending 51 days abroad for medical reasons. We will continue praying for his full recovery in order to be able to continue the task of rebuilding the country and most especially, to end the economic recession and its attendant problems.”

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country after his vacation in London as a divine reassurance that the mission to reinvent Nigeria and make it a great nation would be achieved after all.

Reacting to the president’s arrival, the Oyo APC said in a statement by its state chairman, Chief Akin Oke, that President Buhari remained undeterred in his mission to restore the country to the path of greatness.