The United States House Appropriations Committee will hold a joint congressional briefing on Tuesday to examine the growing violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria, committee officials have announced.
The session, led by House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart, will bring together members of the Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees, along with representatives from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and other experts.
According to a notice shared by US Congressman Riley Moore on X, the briefing is designed “to spotlight the escalating violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria” and to 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.”
Committee officials said the roundtable will provide lawmakers with vital information about the situation facing religious minorities in Nigeria, guiding US policy and response strategies.
The briefing coincides with strengthened US–Nigeria security cooperation. President Bola Tinubu recently approved Nigeria’s team for the new US–Nigeria Joint Working Group, established to implement security agreements from high-level Washington talks led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu.
The working group, comprising senior ministers and security officials, is tasked with enhancing counterterrorism efforts, intelligence sharing, border security, and coordination on humanitarian and civilian protection measures.
The development underscores growing international concern over terrorism, banditry, and attacks targeting Christians in Nigeria, prompting intensified US oversight and engagement to safeguard vulnerable faith communities.
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