How would you respond to the burning issue of America designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern?

INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE

CHRISTIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA (CSMN)

In collaboration with:

• International Coalition Against Christian Genocide in Nigeria
• National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF)
• Middle Belt Voice
• The Apostolic Round Table
• Lay Faithful Trust Foundation
• The National Prayer Altar
• Stephanos Foundation
• Education-Must-Continue-Initiative
• God’s Sovereign Army of Intercessors Ministry

Cordially invite the public to an International Conference with the theme:

GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA: FACT OR FICTION?

Date: Thursday 20th November 2025
Time: 10.00 am (Nigeria time)
Venue: ZOOM
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87071061989?pwd=M81xZekYau2yRbpzchS4XhgdFSl8oe.1
Meeting ID: 870 7106 1989
Passcode: 831282

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2 Cor. 13:8

By the order of the Governing Council,

Bosun Emmanuel
CEO

Update

US House of Reps Resolution on Nigeria

The Resolution introduced yesterday by Rep. Riley M Moore at the US House of Representatives concerning the events in Nigeria.

H. RES.

Condemning the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and standing ready to support President Donald J. Trump in taking decisive action to end the existential threat that persecuted Christians face in Nigeria.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. Moore of West Virginia submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on ————

RESOLUTION

Condemning the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and standing ready to support President Donald J. Trump in taking decisive action to end the existential threat that persecuted Christians face in Nigeria.

Whereas Clauses

Whereas Nigeria is experiencing the highest levels of violence against Christians in the world since Boko Haram’s insurgency began in 2009;

Whereas Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and Fulani militants have systematically targeted Christian communities through massacres, church burnings, kidnappings, and sexual violence, leaving villages destroyed and millions displaced;

Whereas estimates indicate that between 50,000 and 100,000 Christians have been martyred for their faith since 2009, with more than 7,000 Christians killed in 2025—an average of 35 Christians murdered every day—and over 19,000 churches attacked or destroyed;

Whereas, in Benue and Plateau States alone, more than 9,500 people—mostly Christians—were killed between May 2023 and May 2025 by Fulani militants, while more than half a million were displaced from their homes;

Whereas these attacks are not random or merely intercommunal, but deliberate campaigns of religious cleansing, as demonstrated by coordinated assaults during Christian holy days such as the 2022 Pentecost Massacre, Christmas Eve 2023 Massacre, and the Holy Week 2025 killings that claimed hundreds of Christian lives;

Whereas, despite assertions that such violence arises from general instability rather than specific targeting of Christians, when adjusted for population sizes in various states, Christians in Nigeria are being killed at a rate at least five times higher than that of Muslims;

Whereas countless pastors and priests have been kidnapped, tortured, or murdered, with over 250 clergy attacked or killed in the past decade—including the recent tragedy of Father Sylvester Okechukwu, who was kidnapped and murdered on Ash Wednesday in 2025;

Whereas the Nigerian Government has repeatedly failed to respond to early warnings of impending attacks, such as the October 14, 2025, massacre in Rachas village, Plateau State, where a pastor’s warning of a Fulani offensive was dismissed by the Nigerian Army, which publicly condemned the pastor for disseminating “fake news” and accused him of stoking division, leading to the killing of at least a dozen Christians the next day;

Whereas Nigeria’s federal and state authorities routinely deny the existence of religious persecution, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stating in September 2025 that “there’s no religious persecution in Nigeria,” despite overwhelming documentation to the contrary;

Whereas, even after President Donald Trump announced his decision to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on October 31, 2025, President Tinubu stated that “the characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality,” despite the fact that more Christians are being killed in Nigeria than in the rest of the world combined;

Whereas Nigeria is one of only seven countries in the world that retains a blasphemy law carrying the death penalty, enforced in twelve northern states under Sharia criminal law, and enforces other blasphemy laws as well, which have been used to imprison and threaten Christians, minority Muslims, and other dissenters;

Whereas Christian believers such as Rhoda Jatau and Deborah Yakubu have faced mob violence, imprisonment, and even murder for alleged blasphemy, while perpetrators of such crimes against blasphemy-accused individuals often go unpunished;

Whereas these blasphemy laws and mob killings have been condemned by the United Nations, the European Parliament, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice as grave violations of international human rights law and religious freedom norms;

Whereas, in 2020 and again in 2025, President Donald J. Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, unlocking tools for sanctions and other diplomatic measures against the Government of Nigeria in response to severe violations of religious freedom;

Whereas the Biden administration’s 2021 decision to remove Nigeria from the CPC list coincided with a marked escalation in violence and persecution against Christians;

Whereas the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended Nigeria’s redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern every year since 2009, citing ongoing, egregious, and systematic violations of religious freedom; and

Whereas continued silence from the global community only emboldens radical Islamic terrorists, and the moral voice of the United States must be raised on behalf of persecuted Christians in Nigeria: Now, therefore, be it—

Resolved Clauses

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

1. Condemns the ongoing persecution and targeted killing of Christians in Nigeria by Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Fulani militant groups, and the Nigerian Government’s failure to act in defense of Christians;

2. Stands ready to support President Donald J. Trump in taking decisive action to end the existential threat that persecuted Christians face in Nigeria;

3. Calls upon the United States Government to use all available diplomatic, economic, and security tools to pressure the Nigerian Government to—

(A) End impunity for perpetrators of religiously motivated violence;

(B) Protect Christian communities and clergy from further attacks;

(C) Work to return internally displaced persons to their homelands, particularly among Christian communities; and

(D) Repeal blasphemy laws and release all prisoners detained for their faith;

4. Encourages coordination with international partners to deliver humanitarian aid directly to victims through trusted nongovernmental and faith-based organizations; and

5. Affirms the commitment of the United States to stand in solidarity with Christians and to defend their right to practice their faith without fear of persecution, violence, or death.

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MY RESPONSE: “TINUBU MOVES TO REWRITE NIGERIA…”

The responsibility for writing a constitution does not reside in the Presidency or even in the National Assembly. A true constitution derives its authority from the people—from the various ethnic nationalities and constituent communities that make up a country. That is why it is called a social contract. It is the people who give a constitution to their government, not the other way around.

If government alone writes a constitution, then every president will feel entitled to draft his own version, imposing his preferences on over 200 million citizens. That is not democracy; that is constitutional manipulation. Democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people—and that begins with a people-driven constitutional foundation.

If President Tinubu is truly serious, sincere, and committed to restructuring Nigeria, then the correct path is not unilateral constitutional proposals. The right step is to convene a sovereign dialogue of Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities—Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Ijaw, Tiv, Kanuri, and all others—to renegotiate the terms of our union. Only such a foundational conversation can produce a legitimate constitution that reflects our diversity, aspirations, and future.

Renaming the country or adjusting powers between the centre and the states cannot replace this fundamental requirement. Surface reforms will not fix a structurally defective foundation. Nigeria must return to the people, because they alone possess the authority to determine how they wish to coexist.

If Tinubu genuinely desires a new Nigeria, he should begin with the people—not with executive drafts, political shortcuts, or media announcements. The future of Nigeria must be negotiated, not dictated.

*NOOOO!!! THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST WAKE UP TO ITS MANDATED DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO REVERSE THIS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BEFORE PBAT COMPLETES NIGERIA'S WHOLESALE ECONOMIC SLAVERY TO FRANCE!! COULD THIS BE THE OUTCOME OF THE NINE VISITS TO FRANCE IN THE GUISE OF 'WORKING HOLIDAYS' AND NO DISCLOSURE OF THE 'WORK' BEING DONE IN PARIS?! HABA!! NASS CANNOT PROCEED ON ANY CHRISTMAS BREAK UNTIL THIS IS HANDLED WITH UTMOST IMMEDIATE URGENCY. HOW COULD NOBODY SEE THIS DAYLIGHT BLUNDER IN ALL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY??!!*
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*Tax Data Sovereignty: Truncate The FIRS-France Deal Now.*

Yesterday, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) signed an MoU with France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP), handing one of Europe’s most sophisticated tax agencies direct collaboration on Nigeria’s digital tax infrastructure. Whilst the gains are projected all over our newspapers, it is important to note that this is not a harmless technical partnership; it is the latest and most dangerous chapter in a long campaign by foreign interests to gain control over Nigeria’s sovereign tax data.

I warned about this exact scenario nine months ago in my keynote speech “ _Protecting Our Tax Sovereignty_ ” at the Public Hearing on Tax Reforms organized by the Youths in Parliament March, 2025.

In my speech then I said,
“Nigeria is a fintech powerhouse. We have Flutterwave, PayStack, Interswitch, PiggyVest, Bamboo, and NIBSS — we lead Africa in innovation and internet usage. Our greatest asset is our people. Yet foreign interests are circling, offering ‘help’ that comes at the cost of our economic independence. Taxpayer data is national power. Allowing foreign control over this data is a threat to national security._ ”

In my Senate Pressroom address on March 26, 2025, I stated to the press that *if you allow your tax information into the hands of foreign interests, it is as good as handing over the keys to your house and bedroom to a visitor who visited you* .

This preceded my meeting with Senator Ned Munir Nwoko on amending his Nigerian Data Protection Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (SB 650) to include new paragraphs to protect our financial and gps data as ‘sensitive data’, and also promoting new clauses to protect our data from foreign interests. Senator Ned Nwoko listened keenly, directing his team to engage further while we prepare for the bill's public hearing.

Unfortunately, the tax reform bills passed without these protections, and now, this MoU arrives, unscrutinized.

No foreign nation helps for free; they gain leverage over our economic weaknesses. If France assesses which sectors thrive or falter, they can sway trade, investments, and negotiations in their favor. Why bypass our homegrown giants?

Nine months ago, in a House of Assembly speech, I queried: Why not engage PayStack, Flutterwave, Interswitch, Bamboo, and NIBSS; the toast of the continent, instead of signing away to France? Nigerians have built world-class Core Banking Applications; we don't need outsiders to "fix" what we pioneered.

*Why the FIRS-France MoU Is a Direct National Security Threat*

- Loss of Economic Control
Any country that outsources its tax data management becomes a financial puppet.

Mass Surveillance & Exploitation

- Foreign-controlled systems open the door to espionage, digital colonization, and economic sabotage.

- Geopolitical Blackmail
Real-time visibility into which sectors thrive and which sectors struggle gives France leverage in every future trade, investment, and loan negotiation.
No serious country hands its tax backbone to a foreign power. None.

In my submission to Senator Ned in support of his bill, *these were the amendments I proposed to block scenarios like the FIRS-France deal:*

- Classify financial data, including tax records, as Sensitive Personal Data under Section 65 of the NDPA 2023.

- Require that any service provider processing sensitive tax data must be at least 80% Nigerian-owned and Nigerian-controlled (new subsection to Section 29).

- Mandate heightened security and local ownership requirements for tax data under Section 39 (Data Security).

- Force disclosure of nationality and ownership of all subcontractors handling tax records (Section 44).

- Extend cross-border transfer restrictions (Sections 41-43) to domestic processors that are foreign-owned.

- Empower the Nigeria Data Protection Commission to set minimum Nigerian ownership thresholds for entities accessing tax data (Section 61).

These amendments would have made the FIRS-France partnership legally impossible without National Assembly approval. Yet the tax reform bills were passed, and this MoU was signed without incorporating a single one of them.

*I repeat the exact demands I made in March 2025:*

The full execution of Nigeria’s tax reforms must remain 100% in Nigerian hands.
No foreign entity should have access to Nigerian tax data, financial transactions, or national digital records.

homegrown institutions — NIBSS, Flutterwave, PayStack, Interswitch, and others — must be contracted to build and run our tax technology.
all foreign-led digital tax integration proposals, including the FIRS-France MoU, must be terminated with immediate effect.

National Assembly must urgently pass the data-sovereignty amendments listed above before the Nigeria Revenue Service commences operations in January 2026.
Tax data is the heartbeat of our economy, and no nation surrenders its heartbeat and expects to remain sovereign.

The National Assembly, the Presidency, and every patriotic Nigerian must rise now and stop this dangerous precedent. Our economic future must remain firmly in Nigerian hands. Protecting our national sovereignty is a key responsibility for a nationalist driven administration.

*Dr. Segun Adebayo*
*Executive Director, CAfPRA*
*11th December, 2025*

CSMN urges expedited action on proposed intervention in Nigeria to end bloodshed https://guardian.ng/news/csmn-urges-expedited-action-on-proposed-intervention-in-nigeria-to-end-bloodshed/

*NOOOO!!! THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST WAKE UP TO ITS MANDATED DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO REVERSE THIS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BEFORE PBAT COMPLETES NIGERIA'S WHOLESALE ECONOMIC SLAVERY TO FRANCE!! COULD THIS BE THE OUTCOME OF THE NINE VISITS TO FRANCE IN THE GUISE OF 'WORKING HOLIDAYS' AND NO DISCLOSURE OF THE 'WORK' BEING DONE IN PARIS?! HABA!! NASS CANNOT PROCEED ON ANY CHRISTMAS BREAK UNTIL THIS IS HANDLED WITH UTMOST IMMEDIATE URGENCY. HOW COULD NOBODY SEE THIS DAYLIGHT BLUNDER IN ALL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY??!!*
RPG
🏼🏼🏼🏼

*Tax Data Sovereignty: Truncate The FIRS-France Deal Now.*

Yesterday, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) signed an MoU with France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP), handing one of Europe’s most sophisticated tax agencies direct collaboration on Nigeria’s digital tax infrastructure. Whilst the gains are projected all over our newspapers, it is important to note that this is not a harmless technical partnership; it is the latest and most dangerous chapter in a long campaign by foreign interests to gain control over Nigeria’s sovereign tax data.

I warned about this exact scenario nine months ago in my keynote speech “ _Protecting Our Tax Sovereignty_ ” at the Public Hearing on Tax Reforms organized by the Youths in Parliament March, 2025.

In my speech then I said,
“Nigeria is a fintech powerhouse. We have Flutterwave, PayStack, Interswitch, PiggyVest, Bamboo, and NIBSS — we lead Africa in innovation and internet usage. Our greatest asset is our people. Yet foreign interests are circling, offering ‘help’ that comes at the cost of our economic independence. Taxpayer data is national power. Allowing foreign control over this data is a threat to national security._ ”

In my Senate Pressroom address on March 26, 2025, I stated to the press that *if you allow your tax information into the hands of foreign interests, it is as good as handing over the keys to your house and bedroom to a visitor who visited you* .

This preceded my meeting with Senator Ned Munir Nwoko on amending his Nigerian Data Protection Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (SB 650) to include new paragraphs to protect our financial and gps data as ‘sensitive data’, and also promoting new clauses to protect our data from foreign interests. Senator Ned Nwoko listened keenly, directing his team to engage further while we prepare for the bill's public hearing.

Unfortunately, the tax reform bills passed without these protections, and now, this MoU arrives, unscrutinized.

No foreign nation helps for free; they gain leverage over our economic weaknesses. If France assesses which sectors thrive or falter, they can sway trade, investments, and negotiations in their favor. Why bypass our homegrown giants?

Nine months ago, in a House of Assembly speech, I queried: Why not engage PayStack, Flutterwave, Interswitch, Bamboo, and NIBSS; the toast of the continent, instead of signing away to France? Nigerians have built world-class Core Banking Applications; we don't need outsiders to "fix" what we pioneered.

*Why the FIRS-France MoU Is a Direct National Security Threat*

- Loss of Economic Control
Any country that outsources its tax data management becomes a financial puppet.

Mass Surveillance & Exploitation

- Foreign-controlled systems open the door to espionage, digital colonization, and economic sabotage.

- Geopolitical Blackmail
Real-time visibility into which sectors thrive and which sectors struggle gives France leverage in every future trade, investment, and loan negotiation.
No serious country hands its tax backbone to a foreign power. None.

In my submission to Senator Ned in support of his bill, *these were the amendments I proposed to block scenarios like the FIRS-France deal:*

- Classify financial data, including tax records, as Sensitive Personal Data under Section 65 of the NDPA 2023.

- Require that any service provider processing sensitive tax data must be at least 80% Nigerian-owned and Nigerian-controlled (new subsection to Section 29).

- Mandate heightened security and local ownership requirements for tax data under Section 39 (Data Security).

- Force disclosure of nationality and ownership of all subcontractors handling tax records (Section 44).

- Extend cross-border transfer restrictions (Sections 41-43) to domestic processors that are foreign-owned.

- Empower the Nigeria Data Protection Commission to set minimum Nigerian ownership thresholds for entities accessing tax data (Section 61).

These amendments would have made the FIRS-France partnership legally impossible without National Assembly approval. Yet the tax reform bills were passed, and this MoU was signed without incorporating a single one of them.

*I repeat the exact demands I made in March 2025:*

The full execution of Nigeria’s tax reforms must remain 100% in Nigerian hands.
No foreign entity should have access to Nigerian tax data, financial transactions, or national digital records.

homegrown institutions — NIBSS, Flutterwave, PayStack, Interswitch, and others — must be contracted to build and run our tax technology.
all foreign-led digital tax integration proposals, including the FIRS-France MoU, must be terminated with immediate effect.

National Assembly must urgently pass the data-sovereignty amendments listed above before the Nigeria Revenue Service commences operations in January 2026.
Tax data is the heartbeat of our economy, and no nation surrenders its heartbeat and expects to remain sovereign.

The National Assembly, the Presidency, and every patriotic Nigerian must rise now and stop this dangerous precedent. Our economic future must remain firmly in Nigerian hands. Protecting our national sovereignty is a key responsibility for a nationalist driven administration.

*Dr. Segun Adebayo*
*Executive Director, CAfPRA*
*11th December, 2025*