Chibok abducted schoolgirls:Jonathan sets up committee
President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a fact finding committee regarding rescue effort for the over 200 abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federaion, Ayim Pius Ayim, President Goodluck Jonathan approved the setting up of the Committee which will be largely fact-finding […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a fact finding committee regarding rescue effort for the over 200 abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state.
According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federaion, Ayim Pius Ayim, President Goodluck Jonathan approved the setting up of the Committee which will be largely fact-finding on Friday
The statement said the task of the committe headed by retired general Ibrahim Sabo include:
>To liaise with the Borno State Government and establish the circumstances leading to the School remaining open for boarding students when other schools were 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 the Security Services and Borno State Government to ascertain how many of the missing girls have returned;
> To mobilise the surrounding communities and the general public on citizen support for a rescue strategy and operation;
> To articulate a framework for a multi-stakeholder action for the rescue of the missing girls;
> To advise Government on any matter incidental to the terms of reference.
Members
The Committee which scheduled to be inaugurated on the 6th of May has the following as memebers:
(i) Brig. General Ibrahim A. Sabo (Rtd.) – Chairman
(ii) Barrister Femi Falana, SAN – Member
(iii) Hajia Hawa Ibrahim – Member
(iv) Hajia Fatima Kwaku – Member
(v) 2 representatives of National Council of Women
Societies (NCWS) – Member
(vi) 2 representatives of the All one whom shall be a female
Nigeria Conference of
Principals of Secondary
Schools (ANCOPSS) – Member
(vii) 2 representatives of the National “ – Member
Parents Teachers Association
(viii) 2 representatives of the Nigeria Police “ – Member
(ix) 2 representatives of the State Security
Service “ – Member
(x) 2 representatives of the Nigerian Army “ – Member
(xi) 2 representatives of the Nigeria Union
of Journalists (NUJ) “ – Member
(xii) 1 Representative of the Federal Ministry of
Information (who shall be the Committees’
Spokesperson) – Member
(xiii) 1 Representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice – Member
(xiv) 3 Representatives of Borno State Government
(two of whom, preferably, shall be women) – Member
(xv) 1 Representative of the United Nations – Member
(xvi) 1 Representative of ECOWAS (who shall be a woman) – Member
(xvii) Permanent Secretary (Special Services Office) OSGF – Secretary