CAN Loses General Secretary

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has confirmed the demise of its General Secretary, Dr. Musa Asake. CAN President, Rev Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, in a statement by his spokesman, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, described the passing as a great loss. The official announcement indicates that the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev Dr Musa Asake, 66, passed away in the early hours of Friday 11th of May, 2018 after a brief illness.

 His last official assignment was the Press Conference he addressed few days ago on the incessant killings in the country where CAN called on Christians to embark on a peaceful protest with a view to waking up the Federal Government with the security agencies to its constitutional responsibilities and end the killings. Rev. Asake was between 1999 and May 2005, the General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), with its headquarters in Jos, Nigeria.

He was a pastor and teacher, conference speaker and counselor, rose to the office with a wealth of family, educational, academic, pastoral, teaching, education and church administration, cross-cultural, national and international, government and political experiences. He started his pastoral career as an assistant and senior pastor at the ECWA Church, Unguwar Rimi, Bajju, his hometown in Zangon Kataf Local Government of Kaduna State in 1976. “In 1996, he became the pastor-in-charge of ECWA Headquarters Church in Jos on completion of his doctorate degree in philosophy, PhD at the Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, USA with specialization in Bible Exposition. Between 1976 and 2012, the new CAN General Secretary pastored at three different churches and lectured part-time at Jos Theological Seminary (JETS). He was a member of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) between 1999 and 2005. Dr. Asake also served as chairman and member of several Christian boards and governing councils, like the Plateau State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board where he was chairman between 2003 and 2005.

 He served as a member of the Board of Trustee, ECWA Bingham University and became chairman, Ministers Development Initiative (MDI), Jos, Nigeria. CAN President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle described the deceased as “a pastor and teacher, conference speaker and counsellor” with “a wealth of family, educational, academic, pastoral, teaching, education and church administration, cross-cultural, national and international, government and political experiences” He described Asake’s death as a great loss. President Buhari commiserates with CAN Meanwhile President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Christian community over the death of the General Secretary of CAN, Reverend Musa Asake. The President in a statement signed by his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina prayed God to grant Asake’s soul eternal rest. The president’s message reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari joins the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Christian community in Nigeria in mourning the passing of the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. (Dr.) Musa Asake. “The President, while commiserating with the family of the late Reverend, prays that God Almighty will comfort all those who mourn the departed, and grant his soul eternal rest. The president’s message reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari joins the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Christian community in Nigeria in mourning the passing of the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. (Dr.) Musa Asake.

 “The President, while commiserating with the family of the late Reverend, prays that God Almighty will comfort all those who mourn the departed, and grant his soul eternal rest.