The Chibok community yesterday pleaded with the Federal Government to reopen the Government Secondary School in Chibok that was destroyed by Boko Haram. Seven years ago, 276 girls were abducted from the school.
Some of the girls were said to have escaped and others were rescued by the military but about a hundred of them are still believed to be with their abductors.
Kibaku Area Development Association(KADA)'s Director of Media and Communication Dr Allen Manasseh in Abuja during a virtual meeting held to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls also said that the presidency should bring back the girls as soon as possible, provide a full report on the status of all investigations, operations and missions to bring back the remaining 112 Chibok girls, (Leah Sharibu, and all other abducted citizens), provide psycho-social support for traumatized Chibok and other affected families and lastly complete and reopen the Government Secondary School, Chibok. Claiming that In 2016 the Former President Goodluck Jonathan administration pledged 500 million naira to rebuild the school with full state of the art facilities but till date, the school remains closed and incomplete.