● Leah Sharibu, Remi Tinubu get award
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has called on the Federal Government to stop the tide of terrorism targeting Christians, rebuild communities destroyed across Nigeria and return the displaced people to their ancestral lands.
The CAN President made these remarks in Abuja on Wednesday while declaring open the 32nd Triennial General Assembly & 96th Anniversary Celebrations of the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN).
Archbishop Okoh also urged the Federal Government to strengthen the country’s beleaguered security architecture and stand up to its constitutional responsibility of protection of lives and property.
To the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), Archbishop Okoh urged solidarity with CAN in speaking with one voice in condemning the on-going Christian genocide in Nigeria.
The Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) is a Christian ecumenical body established in 1929. It is made up of the Anglican Church, the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, the Methodist Church of Nigeria, the Nigerian Baptist Convention, the African Church, the Salvation Army, the United Evangelical Church, the Lutheran Church, Church of the Lord Worldwide, the First African Church Mission, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Student Christian Movement.
Meanwhile, the wife of Nigeria’s President and First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, and the most prominent victim of the 2014 Chibok girls Boko Haram abduction have been honoured by the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), a frontline Christian ecumenical body.
Other recipients of CCN Award include: former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Professor Jerry Gana; President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Archbishop (Dr) Daniel Okoh; the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese on the Niger, the Rt. Rev’d Dr Owen Nwokolo; the Anglican Bishop of Evo Diocese in Rivers State, the Rt. Rev’d Innocent Ordu; the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Tunde Victor Adegbite; a legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, and a business man and Chairman of Chicason Group, Chief Alexander Chika Okafor.
The Award was given during the opening ceremony of the 32nd Triennial General Assembly and 96th Anniversary Celebration of CCN which took place on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (First Abuja Parish), Wuse 2, Abuja.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s “Queen Esther Award” was received on her behalf by Bishop Stephen Adegbite while Leah Sharibu Award for steadfast Christian faith which has additional cash of N500,000 was received by her mother, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu.
