Frank Wolf: “We are anxious to hear how you plan on dealing with that.”

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.

I do not know how you feel about that. But I'm not really thrilled about it.

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.