– 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).

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