Nigeria Faults US Congress, Insists Christians Not Persecuted

By Charles Igbo

The Federal Government has faulted a  United States of America’s Congress Report which indicted Nigeria for persecution of Nigeria’s Christians.

In a statement on his X handle, Daniel Bwala, a Christian, and Special Adviser to  President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy,    faulted the reports that Christians in Nigeria are being persecuted.

Disputing the contents of the report, Bwala emphasised that the Government of Bola Tinubu

Bwala is committed, and remains committed to promoting peace and religious tolerance.

The Federal Government’s response came after the US House Foreign Affairs Sub Committee approved sanctions against Nigeria over it called “widespread killing of Christians and religious violence’’.

Based on tha report, yhe Committee asked President Donald Trump  to impose stringent sanctions on Nigeria in response to widespread killing of Christians in the country.

This decision followed a congressional hearing on Wednesday where lawmakers condemned the Nigeria for failing to protect Christian communities from widespread violence.

But in response, Bwala, faulted the  Committee’s report and said it fell short of context and timelines.

Bwala: “The administration of @officialABAT President Bola Tinubu promotes religious tolerance. Since May 29th 2023, when President Tinubu assumed the office as president, there have been little or no case at all of persecution of Christians anywhere in the country.

“Secondly, while we are in no way admitting or authenticating the report of the US foreign relations committee, it is noteworthy to state that the committee’s report falls short of context and timelines.

“President Bola Tinubu remains committed to promoting peace and religious tolerance.”

For the records, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu is a Christian and an ordained Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG.