No Christian persecution in Nigeria, FG replies US senators
The Federal Government has responded to a call by five United States Republican Senators requesting the redesignation of Nigeria as a nation of specific concern in view of supposed mistreatment of Christians.
The response came on Monday.
The Senators had settled on the decision in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, claiming an infringement of opportunity of Christians’ privileges to rehearse their religion.
Answering the claim in a meeting with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the call depended on a bogus reason and misjudging of what was happening in the country.
NAN reports the clergyman is in London for commitment with global media as well as a few pertinent Non-Governmental-Organizations.
“You will review that a couple of months prior Nigeria was removed from the rundown of nations of specific concern since it was demonstrated that there is no bit of substance in the charge that Christians or any religion was being oppressed or individuals were not permitted to rehearse their preferred religion,
“Once more we need to say that Nigeria doesn’t have a strategy that denies individuals the opportunity to rehearse their religion
“The nation likewise doesn’t have a strategy of infringement opportunity of religion and it isn’t a fact that Nigeria oppress anyone by virtue of their confidence,” he said.
Mohammed noticed that the Constitution of Nigeria ensures the right of anyone to rehearse their own confidence without attack and the public authority has consistently defended the protected arrangement desirously.
He said most observers who were not knowledgeable in the governmental issues and happenings in Nigeria accepted guilts and mutual conflicts as issues of strict mistreatment.
“No one in Nigeria is being mistreated But we have issues of guiltiness continuing and the crooks truly don’t make a qualification of any religion.
“They seize for cash, they hold individuals on ransome regardless of their religion and there are a few issues pf public matters tracing all the way back to numerous years.
“Assuming measurement is to be taken, I can say with certainty that however many Muslims as Christians have been casualties of these crooks,” he said.
As indicated by the priest, the main known bunch that target Christians was the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (SWAP)
He, in any case, said that the central government had mounted a huge scope military activity to clear out the crooks and it is yielding outcomes.
“ISWAP is doing that in view of their diminishing impact they are currently going after Churches and Christians n request to make emergency between different strict gathering.
“Be that as it may, as an administration, we are after them,” he said.
The pastor said a few NGOs were likewise taking care of the global local area with wrong data to get assets from benefactors.
Mohammed emphasized that the two significant religions in Nigeria, Islam and Christianity are likewise teaming up to find the answer for the emergency promotion bring harmony and damage.
He gave the case of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which is attempting to cultivate solidarity and better grasping between the Christian and Islamic beliefs.
The pastor requested help from multilateral associations and far off nations in handling the difficulties of weakness.