Chibok Girls: Borno Govt expresses commitment to rescuing 89 remaining girls
From right: Borno state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar and Chairman House Committee on Internal Security during a media briefing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the abduction of Chibok school girls at NUJ Press Centre Maiduguri.
By Dauda Iliya
The Borno state government has expressed determination to rescuing the remaining eighty nine abducted Chibok school girls still in captivity with the combined efforts of security and intelligence agencies.
Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar gave the assurance at a media briefing to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the abduction of the girls.
It is exactly ten years, that the 276 students of Government Girls Secondary School Chibok were abducted from their dormitory in Chibok town, Borno state.
187 of the girls have so far been rescued and reunited with their families.
Currently, some of the Chibok girls have been enrolled into local or foreign scholarship programmes and others under the supervision of Federal ministry of women affairs.
Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar said the state government identifies with parents and all those affected by the abduction.
He assured that government will not rest on its oars until the last Chibok girl return back and reunited with their loved ones.
“The Borno state government is committed to rescuing and reuniting the remaining girls with their families. We understand the pain and anguish that the families of those still in captivity are going through, this is our sorrow” Tar said.
Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira remarked that the sixteen recently rescued girls have been enrolled into second chance schools where they learn digital and other skills.
She explained because of the trauma they have went through, the process of reintegration will be gradual so that they can fully recover.
“They have a accommodation where they live with their children, we take them to school everyday and bring them back and because they have children of school age, we have also registered them in nearby nursery school. So the idea is to go gradual before they are fully reintegrated” Zuwaira explained.
On the abduction of IDPs in Gamborun Ngala on the third of March this year, the Commissioner for Information confirmed that 106 boys and girls have been abducted while eight have so far returned.
He also assured that the Federal and Borno state government are working assiduously to rescue those that are still in captivity and improve the living condition of displaced persons across the state.
“Certain narratives suggest that these IDPs numbered between 200 and 300 were abducted. It is important to clarify that while there have been cases of missing internally displaced persons, the number according to the available data stood at 106 boys and girls and so far 8 have since returned to their respective camps”
Correspondent Dauda Iliya reports prayer sessions have also been scheduled for the safe return of the remaining girls.
