Nigerian female rights
activist group have expressed concern over the slow pace of the Federal
Government’s efforts in finding and and rescuing the missing Chibok girls.The group -- Women Arise
for Change Initiative and Women Advocates Research raised their concern in Lagos.They spoke in commemoration
of two years in captivity of the Chibok girls.They urged the government
to fulfill its constitutional role of protecting the lives and property of its citizens.
we recall that on April 14,
2014, over 200 female students were said to have been kidnapped from Government
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.The Boko Haram terrorist
organisation claimed responsibility for their kidnap.The incident has continued
to attact local and international concerns and condemnation, with calls for
intensified action for their rescue.President, Women Arise for
Change Initiative, Joe Okei- Odumakin, the said that the commemoration of the
abduction of the school girls should inspire action on the part of the
government to rescue the girls.Okei-Odumakin, however,
commended the efforts of the Nigerian Military in the fight against insurgency
in the North-East.
