Frank Wolf: “I think it would be helpful with the spirit of reconciliation, not to use the reconciliation that you are talking about…”

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.

Let me be clear. Nigeria clearly meets the CPC standard under USCIRF, not only based on evidence that public reported but what should be reflected in the State Department's own reporting.

Despite our analysis and recommendation, the State Department has only recognized the severity of the religious freedom violation in Nigeria twice.