The members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 made a call to the Federal Government to rescue of the Chibok girls in Borno before the official handover on Friday, May 29 2015.
They made this call in Abuja following a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Lagos State.
The motion according to Vanguard, was unanimously adopted by the house. Leading the debate, Dabiri-Erewa noted that it was exactly one year that more than 200 female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, were abducted by the insurgents.
She expressed regret that the girls were yet to be rescued or their whereabouts known till date, adding that the parliament was worried over their current status.
She said, “One year on, we don’t know whether they are dead or alive, married, pregnant or scattered in different locations. It is one of the saddest happenings in our country.
“Imagine that your child is missing for a day; we must be able to know where they are and Nigerians should not forget these girls.’’
Similarly, Nnenna Ukeje of Abia State, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lauded the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Group for making efforets towards the safe rescue of the abducted girls.
She said, “The Chibok girls’ incident it is too painful to remember.”
Another member from Edo State People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Friday Itula condemned the Boko Haram abduction of the girls which has posed a serious threat to the President Goodluck Jonathan’s outgoing administration.
He said, “One more step for President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to go is to ensure the release of the girls.
“I hope that by May 29 Nigeria will celebrate the recovery of the girls,’’ Itula added.
Speaker of the House or Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, said that the country would do everything to ensure the rescue of the girls.
Tambuwal said, “It is really sad we have gotten to this level.
“We had in the past done all we had to do. We pray that God shall not only touch the hearts of the kidnappers but guide the security operatives to rescue the girls.”
