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Nigeria: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made any recent representations to Nigeria on the security situation for Christians in northern Nigeria.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 29 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 6 May 2025
Answer: 7 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made any recent representations to Nigeria on the security situation for Christians in northern Nigeria.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
The UK Government regularly advocates for the protections of all vulnerable communities, including religious minorities, through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora as well as raising Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) directly with t...

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