Frank Wolf: “Mr. Smith should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.”

He should have the time. And when he goes there, he should not only go to Lagos and Abuja, but he should go to the Middle Belt and the northwest and travel.

The profound disagreement USCIRF with the State Department's decision not to designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern.

Our conclusion from that visit and many others, the ongoing research continues to be that the government of Nigeria is perpetrating and tolerating a systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief.

Conditions are worse today than when the CPC designation was given before.