SEE!!!!! SENATE RESOLUTIONS OVER CHIBOK SCHOOL GIRLS ABDUCTION

The Senate today considered a Motion on the Abduction of School Children in Chibok, Borno State. The motion, sponsored by the Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba and 107 other Senators, was passed as a Resolution of the Senate to: 

• Condemn as callous, the abduction of the school girls. 

• Urge the Federal Government and all Security Agencies to intensify efforts on immediate rescue of the abducted students of Federal Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

• Urge the Federal Government and the Security Agencies to seek the cooperation of ECOWAS, United Nations Security Council and other Countries’ aid as well as the International Security Institutions to deploy advanced technological measures and dialogue towards rescuing abducted children. 

• Pray for the safe release of all the abducted children. 

• Urge the Government at all levels to provide adequate security for schools and public places in their areas 

These resolutions were the climax of an emotion-filled debate led by the Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, who noted Red Chamber’s grief over the inhuman abduction of the Secondary School Girls in Chibok, Borno State. 

He added that just when the country was nursing its grief over the rush hour bombing of a bus station in the nation’s capital which killed over 70 people and wounded dozens more, the country was struck again with another devastating blow. He expressed disappointment that two weeks after their disappearance, the girls’ whereabouts are still unknown. 

He disclosed that about 40 escaped from either the truck that was conveying them or sneaked out of the abductor’s camp deep inside the Sambisa Forest. He stressed that besides the uncertainty over the fate of the innocent girls whose only crime was to go to school, there is lack of authentic information from the school authorities, the security agencies and their parents on the exact number of girls that were abducted. 

Lending his voice, Sen. Ahmed Zanna said the abducted girls have crossed the Nigerian border into Chad and Cameroun in groups. He revealed that the insurgents have sacked more than 40 island inhabitants along the Lake Chad Basin and expressed his doubt on the ability of the military to contain the activities of the insurgents. 

Other Senators who contributed in support of the motion included Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, Sen. Nenadi Usman, Sen. Muhammed Ali Ndume, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, Sen. Helen Esuene, Sen. Zaynab Abdulkadir Kure, Sen. Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, Sen. Mahammed Magoro, Sen. Osariemwen Uzamere, Sen. Kabiru Gaya and Sen. Ayogu Eze.

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