Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dr. John Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja and President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), declared that if stigmatization and discrimination drive infected people underground and thus increase the danger of infections, religious messages could do a lot to eliminate such attitudes.
"We should all preach it loud and clear that HIV and AIDS are not punishment from God on sinners, and that care for the infected is a holy act pleasing to God. Such sermons should be seen in practice within our own systems. We should in no way be seen to be practicing the stigmatization and discrimination, which we condemn on our pulpits. The religious communities have tremendous possibilities to be educated and informed in their many weekly and daily religious gatherings", Onaiyekan, co-chair of the Interfaith Forum, stated.
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