COCEN holds symposium on corruption

Covenant Keepers’ Network (CKN), an upshot of the Congress on Christian Ethics in Nigeria (COCEN), will be organising a symposium on the theme Beyond Knowledge Unto Obedience.

This is part of its inauguration event and also part of its contribution towards curtailing corruption in the sociopolitical and economic landscape of the nation.

The event is scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at the World Mission Centre, 62/66 Akinwunmi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos.

The Sypopsium will be chaired by General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), with guest speakers Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, Apostle Alex Bamgbola, Rev. Dr. Gary Maxey, Ambassador Moses Ihonde and others.

Mr. Philip Akinola, convener of Covenant Keepers’ Network (CKN), said the movement is formed by few concerned Nigerian citizens seeking support from well-meaning people and organisations to take action towards encouraging one another to halt the tide of corruption, which has stranglehold most nations of African continent and in particular our dear country Nigeria.

“CKN envision generations united in integrity and righteousness, transforming their spheres of influence in Nigeria and beyond to the glory of God,” he said.

“CKN is a non-membership organisation, which exists to encourage and unite a community of God’s people to become committed to living the full tenets of Christian beliefs and by extension the Nigeria Covenant principles in ways that bring holistic transformation.”

COCEN was formally established in 1994, and conducted a congress on Christian ethics in Nigeria at the Abuja International Conference Centre within November 3-6, 1997, during which the Nigeria Covenant was adopted.

COCEN was established on the foundation of prayer, nurtured on the conviction that Christian ethics must permeate every sphere of Nigerian society, and driven by the confidence that even small minorities can change entire nations if they are properly galvanized.