President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated a fact-finding committee on the missing students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
The President explained that the core mandate of the committee “would be to provide public interface with all directly concerned in the tragedy in order to provide a well-coordinated citizens inputs.”
President Jonathan speaking further, commended the global outage that has greeted the abduction of the girls, stating that “it was a clear testimony that humanity could come together and stand as one against evil no matter how it is presented.”
In his remarks, the Chairman of the Committee, Brig.Gen Ibrahim Sabo promised that the members of the committee will be guided by God and would complete their assignment without fear or favour.
The Committee has the following terms of reference: To liaise with the Borno State Government and establish the circumstances leading to the school remaining open for boarding students when other schools are closed; To liaise with relevant authorities and the parents of the missing girls to establish the actual number and identities of the girls abducted; to interface with security services and Borno State Government to ascertain how many of the girls have returned; To articulate a framework for a multi-stakeholder action for the rescue of the missing girls; and to advise the government on any matter incidental to the terms of reference.
It would be recalled that on the night of 14-15 April 2014, over 250 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State by people suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect.
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