Anglican Communion News Service - Digest News

The Federal government of Nigeria has established a Relief Committee on Tsunami Disaster and appointed the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Grace the Most Revd Peter Akinola, the Primate of All Nigeria, as the Co-Chair of the committee with His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Maccido, the Sultan of Sokoto.

Already the Nigerian government has responded to the monumental catastrophe which caused the untimely death of over 200,000 people by contributing the sum of one million dollars to the United Nations Relief Fund for the Tsunami victims.

In the light of above, the leadership of CAN appeals to all Christians in the country and beyond to donate generously to the victims of the unfortunate incident.

Please send in your donations to the "Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund' through the following banks in all the states of the Federation.

1. First Bank of Nigeria PLC- Account Number: 4062050014410
2. Habib Bank Nigeria PLC - Account Number: 01301192952
3. Zenith Bank Plc- Account Number: 6011327329

For further inquires please contact the secretary of the Committee at the following address:

Political Affairs Office Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federatiom Merit House, 4th Floor, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja Nigeria Telephone Numbers: 08034518811, 09-4134529, 09-4134532

Article from Church of Nigeria News