Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you so much for the invitation to speak with you today. I really would have loved to be there in person, particularly because the House of Commons was the scene of a horrific attack in Canada that bears a resemblan

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Well, the risk is very, very high. I should say that Boko Haram has killed over 185 teachers in the last few years. They've also attacked over 200 schools. When we are talking about churches, we're talking about hundreds of churches. Education in Borno state where Saa comes

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for that question. My response generally has been that in the same way a Muslim shepherd helped Saa get out, we are appealing to all moderates and people of good will to help us to isolate the extremists and maintain the civilization we have. To your broader

Foreign Affairs committee  Finally, I would mention humanitarian and medical assistance. There are UN camps where people are starving. We would like to see Canada provide help to the UN camps and to relief organizations like Voice of the Martyrs.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, Boko Haram is the main terrorist group. There's a subgroup called Ansaru, and they specialize in targeting westerners. Ansaru has killed Britons, Germans, Italians, people from about 15 different nationalities. The persecution of children, however, is also done by state go

Foreign Affairs committee  As far as the military role is concerned, I think that Nigeria has a large enough army that, if it is properly equipped and properly supported, it can do most of its [Technical Difficulty—Editor].

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Anderson. I literally just returned from Nigeria last week, and the refugee situation is worse than anything I've seen in years. What has happened is that Boko Haram has captured more than 30 cities. One of them, the largest they captured, is a city of 3

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Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you very much for that question. I want to thank Canada for the support that they provide to Nigeria in development aid. Let me mention with regard to the diaspora here that there's a huge disconnect between the south of Nigeria and the north of Nigeria. They're pret

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Now, let me say that the NEED strategy you mentioned was crafted by an earlier administration, and as with all things Nigerian, the next government that comes in pretty much kicks it aside and starts doing their own thing. We have a problem with policy inconsistency. Again,

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Jubilee Campaign is a human rights group that works on religious minority issues around the world. This issue of the persecution of gays in Nigeria is not one that we are working with, largely because we're.... As I have mentioned, the persecution level of Christians in northern

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, we have tried to reach out to different stakeholders to assist these girls. We were told that the United Nations was helping the Chibok girls. When we asked them what they were doing, they said they were providing hygiene packages to them. When we talked to USAID, they said