2023: CAN list 7 demands Tinubu, APC must fulfil during Abuja meeting

Ahead of the presidential elections next year and the controversy that surrounded the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), flagbearer Bola Tinubu has met the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja.

Recall that initially, CAN haad challenged the party for its decision to field the Muslim-Muslim ticket after choosing Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno state, as his running mate.

However, during his meeting with the leadership of CAN under the new president Daniel Ukoh, Tinubu explained why he picked Shettima and assured the Christian leaders that he won't run his administration on the religious bias if elected in 2023.

After listening to the APC presidential candidate, the CAN leaders presented a charter of demands and issues to him, according to the statement on Wednesday, November 13, by Tinubu's media aide, Tunde Rahman.

Below are the list of demands

- State police or a decentralized policing system

- Devolution of power to states

- Equal rights for all religions and their adherents

- Right to self-determination by all ethnic groups

- Right to control natural resources by communities that bear them

- No to open grazing

- Equitable electoral system that guarantees the right to vote and be voted for by all.

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