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FG Speaks On Removal Of Nigeria From US Religious Violators’ List
The Nigerian Authorities has recommended the USA Authorities for eradicating Nigeria from its checklist of nations that trample spiritual freedom.
Naija Information experiences that the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in a press release on Wednesday, introduced Nigeria’s elimination from the checklist of nations that violate spiritual freedom.
The assertion had stated: “Annually the Secretary of State has the duty to establish governments and non-state actors, who, due to their spiritual freedom violations, advantage designation beneath the Worldwide Spiritual Freedom Act.
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“I’m designating Burma, the Individuals’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as International locations of Explicit Concern for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of spiritual freedom.
“I’m additionally inserting Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Particular Watch Record for governments which have engaged in or tolerated “extreme violations of spiritual freedom
Recall that the US had in 2020 positioned Nigeria and 6 different nations on its particular watch checklist of states that had engaged in or tolerated the extreme violation of spiritual freedom.
However in a press release launched on Thursday by the Minister of Info, Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian authorities applauded its US counterpart for correcting its earlier mistake.
Mohammed stated the elimination of Nigeria from the checklist of spiritual freedom violators was lengthy overdue, saying that the West African nation doesn’t interact in any spiritual freedom violation.
He reiterated Nigeria’s earlier stand when it was placed on the checklist in December 2020, that it doesn’t interact in spiritual freedom violation.
The minister added that Nigeria doesn’t have a coverage of spiritual persecution, appreciating spiritual leaders who’ve been working to make sure spiritual concord.
He stated Nigeria jealously protects spiritual freedom as enshrined within the nation’s structure and takes critically any infringements in that regard.
Mohammed added that the Nigerian authorities will proceed to make sure that each Nigerian has the liberty to practise his or her personal chosen faith or perception with out hindrance.
FG Speaks On Elimination Of Nigeria From US Spiritual Violators’ Record
