“The country also does not have a policy of violation of freedom of religion and it is not true that Nigeria persecutes anybody on account of his or her faith.”
The Federal Government on Monday censured the call by five United States Republican Senators requesting the re-assignment of Nigeria as a nation of specific concern due to supposed mistreatment of Christians.
The Senators who settled on the decision in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, had likewise claimed infringement of opportunity of Nigerian Christians’ freedoms to rehearse their religion.
Answering the charge in a meeting with the News Agency of Nigeria in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said the call depended on misleading reason and misconstruing of what was happening in the country.
NAN reports the priest is in London for commitment with worldwide media as well as a few significant Non-Governmental-Organizations.
Yet again the clergyman said, “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 of opportunity of religion and it isn’t a fact that Nigeria oppresss anyone because of their confidence.”
He added, “No one in Nigeria is being mistreated, however we have issues of culpability continuing and the crooks truly don’t make differentiation of any religion.
“They grab for cash, they hold individuals for recover regardless of their religion and there are a few issues of common matters tracing all the way back to numerous years.
“On the off chance that measurements is to be taken, I can say unhesitatingly that however many Muslims as Christians have been casualties of these lawbreakers.”
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As per the priest, the main known bunch that target Christians is the Islamic States West Africa Province.
He, be that as it may, said the Federal Government had mounted huge scope military activities to clear out the hoodlums and they are yielding outcomes.
“ISWAP is doing that due to their diminishing impact, they are currently going after chapels and Christians to make emergency between different strict gatherings.
“However, as an administration, we are after them,” he said.
The clergyman said a few NGOs were likewise taking care of the worldwide local area with wrong data to get assets from benefactors.
Mohammed repeated that the two significant religions in Nigeria, Islam and Christianity are additionally teaming up to track down answer for the emergency and bring harmony and agreement.
He gave the case of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, which is attempting to encourage solidarity and better figuring out between the Christian and Islamic beliefs.
The priest requested help from multilateral associations and far off nations in handling security challenges.
