Religious Freedom: Nigerians React As US Govt Blacklists Nigeria
Nigerians on Tuesday, expressed their opinions regarding the United States Government decision to designate Nigeria as a country where there is violation of religious freedom.
US Secretary of States, Mike Pompeo, had on Monday, claimed that Nigeria, and some countries persecutes citizens for their religious beliefs.
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“Today the U.S. designates Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, the DPRK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as countries of concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for engaging systematic, ongoing, egregious religious freedom violations.
“The U.S. is unwavering in its commitment to religious freedom.
“No country or entity should be allowed to persecute people with impunity because of their beliefs. These annual designations show that when religious freedom is attacked, we will act,” he tweeted.
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Recall that on a number of occasions, Pompeo had indicted Nigeria for same reason.
In some of the Twitter reactions seen by our Correspondent, Nigerians supported the development.
Meanwhile, the federal government is yet to respond to the US designation as of the time of filing this report.
Below are their tweets:
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