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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I think that we should answer the question from Mr Gahler, who wonders and asks us if there are more serious and more important issues outside and inside Nigeria.
I believe that there are, and in this I share the opinion of my fellow Member Mrs in 't Veld, but I also believe that this resolution should be backed for two important reasons: the first is that we have the opportunity to act before something serious happens. Instead of having to chase after events for the next 15 or 20 years and lament the penalties to which this law would give rise if it were applied to thousands of individuals – as has occurred on numerous occasions in Nigeria itself, for example with death penalties – we have the opportunity, as the European Parliament, to take action in advance. I believe that this is a golden opportunity.
The same might be true of the signs that President Obasanjo is yielding to radical Islamic fundamentalist pressure in the northern states. Our friendly relations, as well as harsh criticism, where necessary, could help the president to withstand a catastrophic victory by extremist fundamentalism, which in Nigeria, too, is showing signs of taking root."@en1
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