Governor Kashim Shettima on Tuesday
led key stake-holders and elders from Chibok community to the DSS Medical
Centre where the Governor’s delegation met with the 82 schoolgirls freed by
Boko Haram three years after their violent abduction at Government Secondary
School, Chibok, Borno State in April, 2014.
Shettima's
delegation included the District head of Chibok, prominent elders, Senator
Mohammed Ali Ndume representing Borno South, lawmakers at the House of Reps and
Borno State Assembly representing Chibok and other Government officials from
Chibok community.
The Governor was received by the
Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Jummai Alhassan and the Chief Medical Director
of the Department of State Services Medical Centre, Mrs Ann Okorafor.
According
to LIB Report, Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Jummai Alhassan revealed that
although the 21 girls freed by the insurgents in October, last year, have been
under the custody of the Federal Government and undergoing rehabilitation,
Governor Kashim Shettima has been making financial contributions to the Federal
Ministry of Women Affairs to co-fund the rehabilitation and skills acquisition programmes.
The Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and Representative
Asabe Vilita Bashir, both representing local government areas that include
Chibok addressed the girls separately, thanking God for their return and
calling on them to pray for the return of others still in captivity.
Mrs Shettima's wife, Nana Shettima
presented boxes of clothing to each of the 82 girls as part of contributions to
uplift their spirit.
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