Congressional Hearing Set for Weds., March 12Rep. Smith to chair hearing on unabated Nigerian religious freedom violations

Congressional Hearing Set for Weds., March 12 Rep. Smith to chair hearing on unabated Nigerian religious freedom violations f t # Washington,
Mar 11, 2025 | comments – U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, will chair a congressional hearing on the ongoing religious freedom violations in Nigeria, and whether Africa’s most populous nation should be officially designated as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the U.S. State Department. WHAT :                  Congressional hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: “Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation” WHO: Smith, members of the Subcommittee on Africa, and witnesses: -Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute ; -Tony Perkins, Former Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom -Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Makurdi , Nigeria -Oge Onubogu , Director of the Africa Program at The Wilson Center WHEN: Wednesday, March 12 at 9 a.m. WHERE:        Room 2200 in the Rayburn House Office Building (second floor). ### f t #