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"Mr President, in his brief closing statement, the Danish minister stated that Nigeria has capable political leaders. That may be the case, but it is nevertheless deplorable that an oil-rich country like Nigeria should be so thoroughly corrupt and that poverty should be so marked for a large number of people in a wealthy oil-rich country such as Nigeria.
The debate here has highlighted the situation between Muslims and Christians. No one can deny that this is devastating and horrifying. It is currently the case that the EU is providing several million euro over a five-year period – almost EUR 680 million. It is clear that, in connection with this donation of aid, we expect resolute demands to be made – and I am convinced that the Commissioner is also making these demands – in respect of human rights and freedoms. I believe that we specifically need to emphasise freedom of religion, in particular, because the concept of human rights and freedoms can be seen as rather ‘limitless’. In Nigeria, but not only in Nigeria, it is about freedom of religion in particular. It is not only the group that has been mentioned here several times that we can turn to; we can approach the government itself. We must not be satisfied with simply expressing our opposition, as has been said here; we must also make demands. We know that Nigeria has a large population and it plays, and wants to play, a major role in Africa. That is something that this country certainly can do, but something more is required of its own government."@en1
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