Former CAN President Seeks Psychological Support for Nigerians to Cope with Challenges
Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cardinal John Onayekan has said that many Nigerians now require psychological attention due to the challenges facing them.
Cardinal Onayekan, who is the Former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, said many Nigerians are going through challenges and difficulties that are beyond spiritual, health, educational, and physical problems.
The cleric spoke with newsmen on the sideline of the laying of foundation ceremony of the building and remodeling of Dominic Cardinal Ignatius Ekandem Villa, in Asokoro, Abuja.
The church, according to him, needs to provide psychological support for the people to avoid a total breakdown of the fabric of the country.
According to him People are facing difficulties, and there are many problems in our country now, so beyond spiritual support, we need to provide psychological support for the people.
The church has always impacted the lives of the people in many ways, we build schools to educate children and adults, health facilities to give physical treatment in hospitals, and even the major job we do as religious leaders, we deal with the spiritual problems of the people.
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This particular project is beyond, health, education, spiritual, and physical because it is also for psycho-spiritual work to help people who do not have only spiritual problems but have psycho problems.
Onaiyekan explained the project when completed would take care of people with various social challenges as the Catholic Community and Church had trained lots of people to attend to such needs.
Kaigama commended the project Committee headed by Senator Ndoma Egba for their commitment so far, saying the building was in honor of the late Dominic Cardinal Ekandem who devoted his life to the services of the people.
We are hoping by the grace of God and generosity of good-spirited people to erect this building in honor of his eminence, the Late Dominic Cardinal Ekandem.
This was where he was to live before he died. This place is being transformed into a spiritual home., where people can come and get help, do retreats and prayers, and engage in psychotherapy, and counseling, amongst others, Kaigama said.
