Today, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern State and Abuja lamented over the prevailing economy hardship and securities challenges, declaring that the suffering in the country is becoming unbearable to Nigerians.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar lll-led Jama’atu Nasril also urged both federal and state governments to intervene in the prevailing economic hardship which had forced Nigerians into protests.
It was reported on Tuesday as angry youths and women took to the streets of Minna, the Niger State capital, and Kano to protest what they described as the rising cost of living in the country.
Similar protests also erupted in Ondo State in the Southwestern part of the country.
In Niger, a group of women reportedly blocked the ever-busy Minna-Bida Road at the famous Kpakungu Roundabout and called on the Tinubu administration to address the challenge of ‘hunger in the land.’ The mob deflected attempts to quell the protest by security operatives who fired tear gas canisters into the crowd and arrested others.
In the face of this, the Northern CAN, in a statement released by its Secretary-General, Elder Sunday Oibe, in Kaduna, called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, step in and address the depressing economic and escalating security situation in the country.
According to the organisation Secretary, the suffering in the country is becoming unbearable for ordinary Nigerians as the high cost of foodstuffs, transportation, goods, and services have made life difficult for many Nigerians.
All these, he argued, were being compounded by the escalating insecurity occasioned by rampant killings and kidnapping for ransom.
He also said the Christian body was sad over the continued attack on Plateau State, where no fewer than 300 people were killed while calling on the government to do everything possible to halt the killings not only in Plateau but across the country.