General Sabo,Falana,Others Named as Jonathan Approves Committee on Rescue of Chibok Girls

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Jonathan-news 600President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the constitution of a Presidential Committee on the rescue efforts for the missing female students of Chibok,Borno State. The Presidential Committee has Brigadier General Ibrahim A. Sabo (rtd) as chairman.Barrister Femi Falana,SAN,Hajia Hawa Ibrahim and Hajia Fatima Kwaku among others are members.

A statement by Anyim Pius Anyim, Secretary to the Government of the Federation said “the Committees whose work shall be largely fact findings is charged with the following terms of reference:

“To liaise with the Borno State Government and establish the       circumstances leading to the School remaining open for boarding       students when other schools were closed;

“To liaise with relevant authorities and the parents of the missing girls to     establish the actual number and identities of the girls abducted;

“To interface with the Security Services and Borno State Government     to ascertain how many of the missing girls have returned;

“To mobilise the surrounding communities and the general public on      citizen support for a rescue strategy and operation;

“To articulate a framework for a multi-stakeholder action for the rescue   of the missing girls; (and)

“To advise Government on any matter incidental to the terms of   reference”

Read the statement below:

PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON THE RESCUE OF THE ABDUCTED

FEMALE STUDENTS AT GOVERNMENT SECONDARY

SCHOOL – CHIBOK

   As part of efforts to ensure successful rescue of the abducted female students of Government Secondary School CHIBOK, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has approved the constitution of a Presidential Committee on the rescue efforts for the missing female students.  The Committees whose work shall be largely fact findings is charged with the following terms of reference:

(a)        To liaise with the Borno State Government and establish the        circumstances leading to the School remaining open for boarding           students when other schools were closed;

(b)        To liaise with relevant authorities and the parents of the missing girls to           establish the actual number and identities of the girls abducted;

(c)        To interface with the Security Services and Borno State Government      to ascertain how many of the missing girls have returned;

(d)        To mobilise the surrounding communities and the general public on       citizen support for a rescue strategy and operation;

(e)        To articulate a framework for a multi-stakeholder action for the rescue    of the missing girls;

(f)          To advise Government on any matter incidental to the terms of    reference.

2.       The Committee is composed as follows:

(i)         Brig. General Ibrahim A. Sabo (Rtd.)                                              –           Chairman

(ii)        Barrister Femi Falana, SAN                                                             –          Member

(iii)       Hajia Hawa Ibrahim                                                                          –           Member

(iv)       Hajia Fatima Kwaku                                                                          –           Member

(v)        2 representatives of National Council of Women

Societies (NCWS)                                                                             –           Member

(vi)       2 representatives of the All         one whom shall be a female

Nigeria Conference of

Principals of Secondary

Schools (ANCOPSS)                                                                        –           Member

(vii)      2 representatives of the National                            “                       –           Member

Parents Teachers Association

(viii)     2 representatives of the Nigeria Police                  “                       –           Member

(ix)       2 representatives of the State Security

Service                                                                       “                       –           Member

(x)        2 representatives of the Nigerian Army                  “                       –           Member

(xi)       2 representatives of the Nigeria Union

of Journalists (NUJ)                                                  “                       –          Member

(xii)      1 Representative of the Federal Ministry of

Information (who shall be the Committees’

Spokesperson)                                                                                 –           Member

(xiii)     1 Representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice                     –           Member

(xiv)     3 Representatives of Borno State Government

(two of whom, preferably, shall be women)                                               –           Member

(xv)      1 Representative of the United Nations                                         –           Member

(xvi)     1 Representative of ECOWAS (who shall be a woman)              –           Member

(xvii)    Permanent Secretary (Special Services Office) OSGF                –           Secretary

4.       The Committee will be inaugurated at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, 6th May, 2014 by 12 noon.

SIGNED

Anyim Pius Anyim, GCON

Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

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