The former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Sunday said the case of the abducted Chibok girls symbolised the failure of governance.
Ezekwesili, who stated this in Lagos while speaking at Daystar Christian Centre, stressed the need for justice to be done to the 219 schoolgirls who were abducted from their school hostel in Government Girls College, Chibok town in Borno State on April 14, 2014.
She said, “When they took those girls, I put a marker in the sand and I said nothing, absolutely nothing, is going to make me stop talking about the Chibok girls until justice is done to them.
“Why must justice be done to them? Justice must be done to our Chibok girls because they symbolise the failure of governance in a nation that does not understand that God absolutely looks at government as an institution that exists because of the needs of the poor. The rich and mighty can do without government. But government exists that the poor may be cared for.”
Ezekwesili said if the Chibok girls were the children of the elite, the distress call about their abduction would have received speedy response.
She said, “From that day that the news broke on April 15, crying for justice for them has been part of the purpose for my ordination. Many have said, ‘You have tried; just move on.’ And I said to them, ‘A pledge is an indication of character.’”
She said when the Chibok girls were abducted in 2014, some of their parents had asked her to promise them that she would keep shouting until the girls were released, and she did promise them.
“For us, we stand to declare that our Chibok girls represent a turning in our nation, and the reason is simple. A nation can afford to ignore its citizens when it sees no value in them. Nations that have made economic progress and achieved development are the ones that dignify the lives of their citizens.
“Citizens’ live mean nothing. The likelihood is because there is something that substitutes for the citizens’ live. In our own case, that something is called oil,” she said, adding that the girls could be ignored because they were not oil pipelines.
Last Thursday, members of the Bring Back Our Girls group, led by Ezekwesili, held a rally in Abuja to mark the second anniversary of the abduction of the girls to demand the rescue of the girls.
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What is this ugly fool talking.Just seeking for relevance. They have used you and now that you have realised your folly and stupidity you are just doi g this to save face.
ReplyDeleteBut the handwriting is bow very clear on the wall.
Of course, Justice must be done to the so called APC scam.
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