There will be a joint congressional briefing of the United States House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.
The committee officials will discuss the spate of violence and alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
This was revealed in a notice shared on X by US Congressman Riley Moore .
The session will be convened by the House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart, alongside fellow Appropriators as well as members of the Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees.
According to the notice, the purpose of the briefing is “to spotlight the escalating violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria.”
The roundtable will collect testimony for a comprehensive report “directed by President Trump on the massacre of Nigerian Christians and the steps Congress can take to support the White House’s efforts to protect vulnerable faith communities worldwide.”
The briefing comes amid strengthened US–Nigeria security cooperation.
President Bola Tinubu has already approved Nigeria’s team to the new US–Nigeria Joint Working Group, established to implement security agreements from high-level talks in Washington led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu
