{"id":82831,"date":"2026-02-18T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82831"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:45:26","slug":"can-urges-transparency-accountability-as-nigeria-marks-ash-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/18\/can-urges-transparency-accountability-as-nigeria-marks-ash-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN Urges Transparency, Accountability as Nigeria Marks Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samson Adeyanju\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on Nigerian leaders to ensure transparency and effective implementation of policies as the country observes Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN noted that Nigeria is not bereft of policies, but the challenge lies in ensuring that these policies are executed fairly, transparently, and inclusively to deliver tangible benefits to citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The statement highlighted ongoing economic pressures, rising living costs, and security challenges, urging leaders to focus on practical actions that reach households, young people, and communities.<\/p>\n<p>CAN also encouraged citizens to reject division, violence, and misinformation, and called on young Nigerians to channel their energy into innovation, enterprise, and responsible civic participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we mark Ash Wednesday, may it renew our commitment to justice, compassion, and responsible citizenship,\u201d Archbishop Okoh said, stressing that national progress depends on shared responsibility between leaders and citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samson Adeyanju\u00a0 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on Nigerian leaders to ensure transparency and effective implementation of policies as the country observes Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026. In a statement signed by Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN noted that Nigeria is not bereft of policies, but the challenge lies in ensuring that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172,1681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82833,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82831\/revisions\/82833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}