A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, on Monday disagreed with the United States Senators on the reported persecution of Christians in Nigeria, IgbereTV reports
Five US senators – Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio, Mike Braun, James Inhofe and Tom Cotton – had last week asked the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC).
In a letter to Blinken, the senators alleged that Christians in Nigeria were facing religious persecution, adding that violence and intolerance directed toward Christians in the country have worsened in recent years.
Yusuf, who featured in the Second Annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington DC, however, dismissed the claims.
The summit was held between June 28 and June 30.
He insisted that more Muslims have been killed, maimed raped or displaced by bandits and Boko Haram than Christians in Nigeria.
The elder statesman also accused the US senators of holding distorted views about the country.
He said: “More Muslim traditional rulers have been killed or kidnapped than Christians
“More mosques have been burnt or destroyed by terrorists than churches in Nigeria
