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UK Told To Stop Sending Foreign Aid To Nigeria After Mass Killing Of Christians by Earlystar698(m): 7:15pm On Aug 02, 2020
More than half of people (53 percent) want British aid to Nigeria made conditional on measures protecting Christians, a new Savanta ComRes poll shows.
Nearly six out of 10 respondents (58 percent) backed sanctions against human rights abusers.
The poll comes as concern mounts about atrocities carried out by Boko Haram and the region’s version of the so-called Islamic State.


There was also strong support for lobbying the UN to send peacekeeping forces into parts of Nigeria (53 percent).

Two in five UK adults (39 percent) say they expect the UK to speak out against violence towards Christians in Nigeria.

The poll of more than 2,000 adults, commissioned by humanitarian organisation PSJ UK, also found that more than one in four people (26 percent) of people would support Britain intervening with military force in parts of Nigeria, although 35 percent were opposed.

Ayo Adedoyin, PSJ UK’s chief executive, said: “For too long, Nigeria’s Christians have been silently slaughtered. Their cries have been ignored by the mainstream media and political establishment, both in Nigeria and across the Western world.

“There will be no peace in Africa until Nigeria, the continent’s largest economy and breadbasket of the future, can defend each of its citizens, particularly the most vulnerable. While we cannot underestimate the threat of Covid-19, it is undeniable that Islamic terrorism has posed a bigger threat to Nigerian society at the start of 2020.

“The poll findings are highly encouraging, particularly as they indicate a strong expectation of British involvement to solve this crisis. Sanctions on high-profile rights abusers who contribute towards or permit the mass killing of innocent Christians is a good place to start, and I commend the British public for supporting this measure.”

A spokesman for the Department for International stressed that aid does not go directly to the government of Nigeria, stating: "We are deeply concerned by human rights abuses against all Nigerians, including Christians, and have raised our concerns at the highest levels of the Nigerian government. Nigeria has millions of people living in extreme poverty, and it is right that the UK provides life-saving humanitarian support to vulnerable people in need.”

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1317392/christian-news-nigeria-christian-persecution-foreign-aid

Re: UK Told To Stop Sending Foreign Aid To Nigeria After Mass Killing Of Christians by Kaduna1stson: 7:30pm On Aug 02, 2020
Please come and save us from El Rufai and his paid team of killers.
Re: UK Told To Stop Sending Foreign Aid To Nigeria After Mass Killing Of Christians by yanabasee1(m): 7:38pm On Aug 02, 2020
They should help us and sell this country.........

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