Chairman Mast, HFAC GOP Condemn Christian Persecution in Nigeria

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast was joined by Subcommittee Chairs in issuing the following statement condemning the persecutions of Christians in Nigeria:

“Radical Muslim groups in Nigeria going into churches and killing Christians is absolutely a religious war and a religious genocide. Like so many tragedies going on around the world right now, it was enabled by Joe Biden. Biden removed the country of particular concern designation placed on Nigeria, in an effort to ignore the religious war against Christians. President Trump has returned this designation and we will be examining every penny that has been flowing from the American people to Nigeria.”

Joining Chairman Mast are:

• Africa Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith
• East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim
• Europe Subcommittee Chairman Keith Self
• Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lawler
• Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman Cory Mills
• South and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga
• Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar