Akinola requests National Conference for the Church

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[Church of Nigeria News] February 24, 2006--Anglicans in Nigeria have been asked to consider convening her own version of a National Conference.The request was made by Archbishop Peter Akinola, Primate of All Nigeria (Anglican Communion) in his opening remarks to delegates of the Standing Committee of the Church. In an address at the Cathedral Church of St Peter Aremo on Thursday, Akinola hinted that the theme of the proposed conference will be 'Seek Ye the Welfare of the Nation’ (Jeremiah 29:7). Our correspondent in Ibadan reports that the Chancellor of the Church, Justice Karibi-Whyte, will serve as the Chairman of the Organising Committee. The conference is slated to hold in May or June this year.