Today, the United States House Appropriations Committee will have a bipartisan legislative briefing to look into claims that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria.
Riley Moore, a US Congressman, posted a notice on X saying that Mario Díaz-Balart, the Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the Chair of the National Security Subcommittee, will be in charge of the meeting.
Members of the Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees, as well as members of the Appropriations Committee, will be with him.
Representatives from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and other professionals in the field will also speak at the briefing.
The statement says that the session is meant to “spotlight the rising violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria.”
It stated , “The roundtable will gather critical testimony to inform a comprehensive report – directed by President Trump – on the massacre of Nigerian Christians and the steps Congress can take to support the White House’s efforts to protect vulnerable faith communities worldwide.”
The briefing happens in the middle of ongoing talks between the US and Nigeria after a recent rise in terrorist attacks, which shows how hard both countries are working to improve security collaboration.
President Bola Tinubu approved the formation of the Nigerian side of the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group last week. This is part of efforts to work together more closely to deal with security issues in the country.
A high-level Nigerian team led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu recently went to Washington, DC, where they achieved an agreement on the group’s makeup.
A statement on Thursday said that the NSA would lead the Nigerian side of the group and be assisted by a team made up of top officials from relevant government agencies.
When President Donald Trump warned of Christian genocide in Nigeria and said he would deploy the US military to Nigeria “guns-a-blazing,” it got a lot of attention throughout the world.
The federal administration, on the other hand, denied the report, stating it was working to fix the country’s security problems.
President Tinubu also emphasized that keeping Nigerians safe is his administration’s top concern and that the country is still devoted to religious freedom and tolerance.
The US House Subcommittee on Africa looked examined Nigeria’s new status as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on November 21.
During the discussion, several speakers who were testifying before the subcommittee had diverse opinions about the atrocities in Nigeria.
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