When there is an injustice against Muslims, the national politicians supporting them are quick to speak out. We have Christians in powerful positions, including the national president, yet none of them has taken a stand on this issue. Many Christians living and working in the northern, Muslim-dominated states feel isolated and abandoned, and there are other difficulties. It is partly this lack of training that prevents church leaders from adequately representing their congregations against oppression by the authorities. Another need is for Scriptures.
Bibles are in great demand, in English and in Hausa.
But in the rural villages, illiteracy is almost 100 percent. Something needs to be done about this. Mission work for any church is a great problem in the Birnin Kebbi region. If a Muslim converts to Christianity, he becomes a target and can lose his life. Muslim leaders will call the convert's father and tell him that he must be the first one to stone his own son.