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NIGERIA-ONAIYEKAN Jun-22-2007 (210 words) xxxi
Archbishop elected president of Christian Association of Nigeria
By Peter Ajayi Dada
Catholic News Service
LAGOS, Nigeria (CNS) -- The executive council of the Christian Association of Nigeria has elected Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja as national president.
Archbishop Onaiyekan, who said he "wasn't particularly enthusiastic about the position of the president" when he was asked to run, defeated the incumbent president and primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Bishop Peter Akinola of Abuja. Bishop Akinola will serve as vice president of the association.
The June 20 vote must be confirmed by the Christian Association of Nigeria's 304-member General Assembly when it meets July 5-6 in Abuja.
Archbishop Onaiyekan told journalists after the event that after some heated arguments the association's rules were followed and "everybody was satisfied" with the election. Asked whether arguments should be expected at a Christian gathering, the archbishop responded: "Even the apostles argued. We have to understand the arguments as ways of making your honest point strongly."
The archbishop has served as vice president of the Christian association. He also has served as president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria.
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