ACN Nigerian Bishops event

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On March 25th, 2025, the Aid to the Church in Need, UK, invited Bishop Wilfred Anagbe and Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Nigeria, to speak in the House of Lords. Lord Alton of Liverpool chaired the event.

Among those in attendance were Bishop Philip Mounstephen, MPs including the Special Envoy for FoRB, friends of the ACN, advocates, and stakeholders to the APPG FoRB. The bishops brought reports and evidences of crimes against Christians throughout their dioceses. Their insight into the drivers of the conflicts and the continued boasting of extremist groups proves necessary for members of Parliament to understand the pleas of those experiencing violence, murder, mass displacement, and lack of basic needs.

The ACN reported on its fact-finding mission to Nigeria in which 100s of interviewees living in displacement camps expressed the reasons behind the mass displacement and continued widespread persecution and pain. There were common themes throughout the interviews which attributed these conditions, in conjunction with religious reasons, to the lack of economic growth, a record amount of debt, and the devaluation of Nigerian currency by corrupt measures.

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