{"id":176982,"date":"2025-08-30T23:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T22:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna"},"modified":"2025-08-31T00:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T23:13:51","slug":"can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna","title":{"rendered":"CAN laments sale of church properties in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has expressed concern with video clips\/news of the sale of church properties by some churches in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The state chairman, Rev Caleb Ma\u2019aji Bawa, in a statement explained that CAN leadership has no power to stop any church from selling its property but can only advise the church to always be cautious in disposing of its property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t encourage the practice of property being sold by any church because the church, being the light of the world, must resist any temptation of selling its property but should keep it for future use,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that there is no forceful takeover by CAN of any church property, saying that being the leader of the church does not give it the right to stop a church from selling its property.<\/p>\n<p>Bawa explained that a church is at liberty to sell its property, stressing that the transactions were normally done without consulting them as leadership of the church, as CAN has no control over any church.<\/p>\n<p>Bawa explained that Christians are discouraged from the arbitrary sale of church properties, saying that as peace returns to Kaduna, such places that were deserted will be repopulated.<\/p>\n<p>CAN Kaduna State commiserated with the Muslim Ummah on the demise of the state Secretary of Jama\u2019atul Nasril Islam, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Kufena, saying that they had an enriching relationship with him and that he helped in achieving the desired peace and development in the state and among the adherents of the two faiths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay God bring on board a competent replacement that will fill the vacuum created and continue where Alhaji Kufena stopped,\u201d the statement explained.<\/p>\n<p>CAN called on all residents to come out and actively participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration so that no one is either left out or disenfranchised.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that the voting card is their power to either vote in or vote out any representative in all political positions, pointing out that it shows their political strength so that no one is surcharged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has expressed concern with video clips\/news of the sale of church properties by some churches in the state. The state chairman, Rev Caleb Ma\u2019aji Bawa, in a statement explained that CAN leadership has no power to stop any church from selling its property [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[663,96,254],"class_list":["post-176982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-can","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CAN laments sale of church properties in Kaduna - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has expressed concern with video clips\/news of the sale ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CAN laments sale of church properties in Kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has expressed concern with video clips\/news of the sale ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T22:04:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T23:13:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756583133.775191.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CAN laments sale of church properties in Kaduna\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-30T22:04:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-30T23:13:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756583133.775191.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CAN\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/can-laments-sale-of-church-properties-in-kaduna\",\"name\":\"CAN laments sale of church properties in Kaduna - 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