Nigeria’s government has welcomed the decision of the US to remove it from a list of countries where it is concerned about religious freedom.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed described the decision as justice and fair.
Nigeria jealously safeguards religious freedom, and takes any violations seriously, he added.
The US decision came ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s first visit to Nigeria on Thursday.
In April, the US government’s Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that Nigeria remain on the list, citing “violence by militant Islamists and other non-state armed actors, as well as discrimination, arbitrary detentions, and capital blasphemy sentences by state authorities”.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
