Problem Statement

Nigeria, is one of the most populous countries in Africa. Government wise Nigeria is transitioning to civilian rule from military rule and has a multiparty government. Nigeria is also part of the United Nation; they joined the United Nations October 7^th, 1960.  The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 and committed to maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. As of the year 2014, there are hundreds of thousand Christians being persecuted and killed just because they choose to believe in Jesus Christ. That number is nearly doubled from last year (2013) and the year before (2012). The taking of these innocent lives is a problem because Nigeria is going against the declaration that they signed with the United Nations to protect and allow the people of their country better living standards and human rights. The killing and persecution of the Nigerian Christians is also a problem because they are innocent people who just by simply declaring their belief in Christianity or just by labeling themselves as Christians risk their innocent lives of being taken by the Nigerian military. The people who becomes the victim of this horrible crime is mostly the pastors and citizens that try and help build churches. The government will literally run them out of their homes just to capture them and kill them. This also effects the neighbors of the pastors and those that are building or helping to build the churches because their neighbors hear their terrifying screams and sees them being them being ran out of their homes just knowing that they are next. Not only is the massive amount of killing a problem but the horror that is put into the other Nigerian Christians that are not trying to getting killed is causing creating another humanitarian crisis. As far as the how the problem is being handled know, there is indeed an efficient plan undergo. There are many refugee camps that are “underground”, there are many people who are putting their lives at risk just to help the Nigeria Christians that are on the run. Although thousands of lives are being saved and thousands are being guided to safely flee to neighboring countries such as Cameron, Chad, and Niger’s Diffa region, hundreds of thousands more can be safe if those running these refugees or aiding the refugees had sufficient funds. It is quite obvious that the ones in charge of the refugees cannot just demand or even kindly ask the government of Nigeria to fund these refugee camps and escape missions because it is the government that is doing the killing. Since Nigeria is a part of the United Nation (who believes and try to allow all the nations associated with the UN to have human rights be given to the citizens of that nation), all the other countries specifically the United States of America should aid them financially while the United Nations works on a way to get the Nigerian military back on tract and allow them to understand that Christians do too need and deserve human rights.