SAMPLE LETTER C
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Date
[ADDRESS]
The Honorable [REPRESENTATIVE'S FIRST NAME, LAST NAME]
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative [LAST NAME]:
DESIGNATE NIGERIA A COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC)
My name is [YOUR NAME …………………… ] I am a U.S. citizen of Nigerian descent. I live at [ YOUR ADDRESS …… …………….. ] within your constituent. I ask that you raise your voice and stand with your colleagues against the atrocious destruction of human lives by the various insurgent groups in Nigeria by urging the President and the U.S. State Department to designate Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern (CPC).
Nigeria is the biggest killing ground of Christians today. Nigeria is becoming the world's 'biggest killing ground for Christian.1 New United Nations Development Program (UNDP) data on the war in Nigeria conflict showed about 350,000 were killed by the Islamist insurgencies as of the end of 2020. This number was 10 times higher than previous estimates since the conflict started 12 years ago. 2. The report stated that should the conflict continues to 2030, more than 1.1 million people may die.2
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In Benue state, on May 20, St. Michael’s Agasha parish in Makurdi suffered lethal attacks when Fulani murdered farmers in their fields and burned their homes. In these pages last August, I wrote of similar Fulani offensives in Christian villages on Kaduna’s border with Plateau, describing a nearby military unit that stood down until the attacks ended. These are only a few examples. 3.
Many Statesmen have warned that if urgent steps are not taken to arrest the violence in Nigeria, it can affect the entire African continent and Europe," particularly if the flow of refugees out of Nigeria accelerates. We don't want to look back a decade from now and regret that we allowed another Rwanda. Nigerian Christian community faces peril.4.
I ask that you work with your colleagues to implore U.S. President through the State Department to hold the Nigerian government accountable by deploring all foreign policy tools, including designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC).
I look forward to hearing from you about these concerns.
Sincerely,
[ YOUR NAME ]
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1. Nigeria is becoming the world's 'biggest killing ground for Christian.1 https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2020/08/nigeria-is-becoming-worlds-biggest-killing-ground-of-christians/.
3. Nigeria’s Religious-Cleansing Crisis Is Not Due to Climate Change-
4. The Christian Science Monitor: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2020/0316/Nigerian-Christian-community-faces-peril-White-House-is-told