Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala has come out today and said that the FG is still committed to ensuring the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls one year after their abduction.
The minister was absent but was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Mrs Anasthesia Nwaobia.
She said that the meeting was part of efforts to let the community know that the rescue of the girls, reconstruction of schools and making Chibok safe remained top priority of the government.
“Today is a day that marks the first anniversary of the abduction of our brave girls in Chibok; they were callously taken away from us and family with the aim of depriving them of having quality education.
“Their absence will create a vacuum in space but they are in our minds,’’ she said and expressed the hope that the girls would be rescued.
She said that the initiative was committed to ensuring that teachers and students were secure and properly educated in conducive environments.
“A lot of work has been done in the remodelling of the school to ensure that it is properly reconstructed.
“We have completed the technical aspect of the work and the construction plan is ready, in couple of weeks, we will move to site,’’ she said.
The Chibok Area Development Association revealed that it was unfortunate that after 365 days, the girls have yet to be seen.
He said: “We are saying that what we are seeing has fallen short of the expectations of the community. The abduction of the girls kept the community devastated.
“We really want to know what government is doing in this regard; we have been hearing so many stories, we don’t know which one to take.
“Yes, the reconstruction of the schools but one has to be alive to go to school,’’ he said.
The Chibok Girls abduction was met with international criticism of the Nigerian Government.
Jonathan has said that he and the NSA are doing everything possible to get the girls back, but a year later, they are yet to be freed.
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