FG Gives Fresh Updates, Says Released Chibok Girls Excelling in University
- Pauline Tallen, the minister of women affairs, has assured that the remaining Chibok girls would regain their freedom
- Tallen reiterated the federal government's efforts to secure the release of the schoolgirls
- The minister, however, urged the parents of the kidnapped girls not to lose hope
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The federal government has said that some of the released Chibok schoolgirls are excelling in many universities across the country.
The Nation reports that this was disclosed by the minister of women affairs, Pauline Tallen, on Thursday, April 15, in Abuja.
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Legit.ng gathered that other released Chibok girls are set to write the forthcoming Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Tallen made this known at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), saying that she had personally visited the girls in school.
Daily Independent also reports that while speaking on the 7th-year anniversary since the girls were kidnapped, she reiterated that the federal government had not forgotten those that are yet to be released.
She assured that government would do all within its power to secure their release and rehabilitate them and their families.
The minister said:
“Yesterday marked seven years since the kidnap of the Chibok School Girls. We have been in touch with the parents of those released as well as those still in captivity. The federal government of Nigeria has not given up on ensuring that the others are safely reunited with their parents.
“I am happy to inform you all that those that were released are doing very well in school. I just went to visit them in the American University of Nigeria, Yola. I visited them and spent a day with them four weeks ago, we are closely in touch with the management of the school.
“They are doing well in school, some of them have gained admission into the University, some of them are preparing to write their WAEC."
Tallen said that with support from President Muhammadu Buhari, she led a high-powered delegation to Chibok in 2020 where she met with the parents of the girls still in captivity.
According to her, during the visit, she conveyed the assurance of the federal government that the girls yet to be released had not been forgotten.
She added:
“We are working with the representatives of Chibok community to give the young women and their families a new lease of life.
“We are also working with the federal ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development to ensure that the girls and their families are fully rehabilitated and their dignity restored."
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that one of the released Chibok girls on Wednesday, April 14, lamented that the federal government was silent on the release of her colleagues still in the captivity of Boko Haram.
It was reported that the student, identified as Tabitha Stover, made the comment at the seventh anniversary of the kidnapping hosted by the Allamin Foundation in Maiduguri, Borno state.
Source: Legit.ng
