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An amendment sponsored by United States Congressman Gregory Steube to withhold all US assistance to Nigeria until the country meets specific conditions to tackle violence has been adopted by the House of Representatives.

The amendment, approved by a voice vote on Wednesday, was added to the fiscal 2027 State Department spending bill, which the House later passed 217-209 largely along party lines.

Announcing the vote on X, Steube wrote, “My amendment to withhold 100% of U.S. aid to Nigeria until its government stops the slaughter of Christians has passed.

“American taxpayers should never bankroll governments that turn a blind eye while Christians are abducted, tortured, and murdered. No more wasteful foreign aid!”

The underlying bill had originally proposed withholding 50 per cent of funds appropriated for Nigeria until the US Secretary of State certifies that the country has taken “effective steps to prevent and respond to violence and hold perpetrators accountable.”

Steube’s amendment raises that threshold to 100 per cent, while leaving the certification conditions unchanged.

On the House floor, Steube said Nigeria “has faced a horrific wave of violence that its corrupt government has failed to address,” and argued that withholding only half the funding meant rewarding a government that “fails to meet such a basic obligation.”

He said the amendment does not add new conditions but “only strengthens” the existing ones, and framed it as a matter of accountability.

“Foreign aid should never be a reward for failure,” he said.

Steube also linked his push to America’s finances, asking why the country should keep sending money to Nigeria “as our national debt is fast approaching $40 trillion.”

The measure still has to clear the Senate and be signed by the president before it can take effect, meaning Wednesday’s vote does not immediately change US funding to Nigeria.

The vote comes after President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern in 2025 over allegations of Christian persecution, and after a US missile strike on Nigerian territory on Christmas Day drew tension between both countries.

The two nations have since entered a security partnership targeting terrorist groups in the north.

‼️BREAKING: My amendment to withhold 100% of U.S. aid to Nigeria until its government stops the slaughter of Christians has PASSED.

American taxpayers should NEVER bankroll governments that turn a blind eye while Christians are abducted, tortured, and murdered.

No more wasteful… pic.twitter.com/QdmQbtKjfW

— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube) July 15, 2026

AMINDA:
Tinubu gambled on the thinking that the US has eased up on the warning not to repeat the same faith ticket. He may be wrong. The muslim-muslim factor will pick momentum again heading into the campaigns. Unfortunately for him, Muslims are not as enthusiastic as they were about it in 2023 as Tinubu has showed his hands as more of an ethnic champion.

AMINDA:
Tinubu gambled on the thinking that the US has eased up on the warning not to repeat the same faith ticket. He may be wrong. The muslim-muslim factor will pick momentum again heading into the campaigns. Unfortunately for him, Muslims are not as enthusiastic as they were about it in 2023 as Tinubu has showed his hands as more of an ethnic champion.

jogojogo:
What should Tinubu do that's yet to ve done?
Why didn't US Army stop the Christian genocide when they came?
To whose disadvantage if US stops aids to Nigeria
Aids or no aids, Tinubu has nothing to lose

jogojogo:
What should Tinubu do that's yet to ve done?
Why didn't US Army stop the Christian genocide when they came?
To whose disadvantage if US stops aids to Nigeria
Aids or no aids, Tinubu has nothing to lose

oneMalik:
keep you aids to yourself we no need am /

mention one nation in the whole world where your aid has made the move forward .

to hell with una " TAKE CAP BRING HEAD " kind of useless aid or HIV .

moscow007:
Peter Obi is coming

Muslim - Muslim ticket is dead on arrival

Naustine:
Lol.. only if you know that u are practically living off those aids. Prices of drugs would skyrocket. No go there o

jogojogo:
I beg to whose disadvantage if the US stops aids to Nigeria?

drstranged:
My issue with these policies is that it's still same citizens and common man, including Christian citizens, that will suffer it, not the politicians and government officials. The government politicians that abet these killings really don't need these aid monies because they have other means of siphoning monies from sources other than US aids. I expected that the US would rather have come up with policies that will directly target these politicians and government officials who aid these killings including use of military force and actions. Suspending aid would not even move or affect the government one bit and to me, is a very very ineffective approach