Prominent Christian leaders in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to withdraw from the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) and other religious organisations it currently belongs in.

Led by Rev. Samson Ayokunle, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), they made the call on Tuesday when they gathered at the Shepherdhill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos to discuss the numerous challenges facing the church in the country.

In a statement released in Abuja by the media aide to the CAN President, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji after the meeting, the forum condemned the Federal government’s decision to join the Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism  through an executive fiat.

They also used the medium to call on the National Assembly to prevail on the governors of the northern states to issue Certificates of Occupancy to churches in the region and address the problem of infrastructure breakdown to avoid the untimely death of Nigerians.

“CAN calls on the National Assembly to compile the list of all organisations that Nigeria belongs to and all the treaties signed with a view to dropping all the religious ones.

“That we declare the inability of the state governments to pay workers’ salaries and allowances as and when due as unacceptable and call on the federal and states’ governments to work together to address this,” the statement read.

While expressing disappointment over the failure of the nation’s security agencies to address the criminal activities of Fulani herdsmen, CAN advised the government to declare a state of emergency on unemployment and revive the Nigerian Inter-religious Council which it said, enhanced interaction and tolerance between Christian and Muslim leaders in the country.

Among the prominent leaders in attendance at the meeting were the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo; the General Overseer of the Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Archbishop Mike Okonkwo and former CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.