President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday maintained that that the handling of the Chibok girls issue by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was not impressive.
The President who spoke when he received the #Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, declared that it was a matter of right for the government to take care of the welfare of the escaped girls and parents of the over 200 secondary school girls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14 last year.
“Nobody in Nigeria or outside could have missed your consistency and persistence, demonstration of the injustice meted on you, the parents, the community and Nigeria.
“Representing the government of Nigeria, I cannot rationalize the government’s incompetence in dealing with this issue. We only ask for your patience.
“I’m impressed with the presentation of BBOG by Mrs. Uwais, which is comprehensive enough and the leadership of the Chibok community has made a comprehensive representation as well as leader of this group, the cleric that represents the group.”
“It’s unfortunate that the security and federal government conflicting reports initially presented the government and it’s agencies in a very bad light both nationally and internationally because the law enforcement agencies and the government were conflicting each other sometimes within hours or within weeks, that is not very impressive.
“The delayed and late reaction by former government and its agencies was very unfortunate as I said. And I thank the leader of Chibok Community for the articulated priorities he has drawn about welfare of the families, of the communities and rehabilitation of infrastructure. I think government should provide these infrastructures as a matter of right.
“I think you will agree that the present government takes the issue very seriously. Within a week of being sworn in, I visited Niger, Chad and would have visited Cameroon but for …Read More
Source:: New Mail
