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General Deaconess (Mrs) Ngozi Okoh has congratulated her husband, Archbishop Daniel Okoh after he emerged as the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mrs Okoh, a prolific gospel singer, while charging Archbishop Okoh not to be afraid, stated that she and their children will support him in the new position.
“Congratulations my dear Husband, my Darling brother and my Dearest Friend. Do not be afraid God is with you! He, that called you, never fails and He never slumbers.
“Victory belongs to him and he will never leave you alone in Jesus name Amen. By God’s grace I and our Children will support you with everything within us in this your new position.
“I love you my Love. We pray that God will use you to restore and rebuild our dear Nation Nigerian! Congratulations our CAN President of Nigerian,” she stated.
TNG reports Archbishop Okoh was born on November 12, 1963 in Kano to Christian parents. He is a native of Ndoni in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. He is married to Ngozi and they are blessed with four children.
Okoh is a product of the famous Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. In 1988, he graduated from the University of Port-Harcourt in the Second Class Upper Division in Political Science and Education.
Thereafter, he attended Christ Holy Church Seminary, Onitsha and was awarded a diploma in Theology. Since then he has undertaken many courses and participated in seminars that are relevant to his ministry work both in Nigeria and abroad.
As the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church International – an African Independent Church – he leads his denomination in ecumenical relations with other denominations in the body of Christ and engages with people of other religions in dialogue for peaceful co-existence and sustainable development.
For more than 20 years, Most Rev. Daniel Okoh, has been actively involved in ecumenical relations and interfaith dialogue in and outside Nigeria through the following positions : International Chairman of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC); National President of OAIC (Nigeria Region) (2005 – 2014); National Vice-President of Christian Association of Nigeria (2007 – 2013), former member, Board of Directors of Inter-Faith HIV/AIDS Coalition of Nigeria; Member, Governing Council of Good News Theological College and Seminary Accra, Ghana; Member, Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC); and Member of the Board of African Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace.
He is also a board member of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (Nigeria). Between 2000 and 2003 he was the only African representative in the Steering Committee of the International Forum on Multicultural Ministry which was initiated and sponsored by the Mission and Evangelism Team of the World Council of Churches.
In the area of Politics and Governance, Archbishop Daniel Okoh was one of the six delegates that represented CAN in the National Political Reform Conference of 2005 organised by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
From 2009 – 2011 Most Rev. Daniel Okoh served on the board of National Orientation Agency (NOA) as an Institutional representative of Christian Association of Nigeria.
Over the years, Daniel Okoh, a de-tribalized Nigerian, has built friendships across religious and ethnic lines around the globe. He welcomes and participates in conversations and programmes that would bring about peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the world and sustainable development.
TNG reports Okoh was officially inaugurated as the 8th President of CAN at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja on Thursday, bringing to an end the tenure of Dr Samson Olusupo-Ayokunle.