With the continuous and seemingly rising neglect of the issues of the Chibok girls both in the country and across the world, the #BringBackOurGirls group has called on the Federal Government to act fast in order to rescue these girls.
According to the BBOG group, lamenting the rising level of negligence of the issues of the Chibok girls, noted that Nigerians and all the countries of the world that once stood for the Chibok girls have forgotten about them and moved on as if nothing happened.
A member of the group, Arinsola Fisayo said that it was saddening and depressing that the 219 Chibok girls have stayed for long in the hands of their abductors and called on President Muhammed Buhari to remember the promise he made on the issue of the girls and bring them back to their families who are anxiously waiting for the girls.
Fisayo, who called on Nigerians and the world never to forget the abducted girls, also urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the safe return of the girls adding that where human being fails, God will not fail.
“When the President stated that there is no clue to where the girls are, it was saddening. People have moved on and have forgotten the girls. We must never forget, the world should never forget the girls. It is saddened and depressing. But we should not lose hope. For, the moment we lose hope, we are dead. We must always remember the girls in prayers. If the government fails, the army might fail, but God never fails,” she said.
The group also lamented the increasing economic hardship in the country, noting that the impact is beginning to trickle down to the communities, where people are finding it hard to feed and take care of their health.
It would be recalled that one of the leaders of the group, Aisha Yesufu had lamented the hardship across the country, stating that “the economy is bad, we have long fuel queues, high unemployment and under-employment. Nigerians are crying. We are not financially independent. We are so dependent on many things. We have to go back to the drawing board. They keep saying that the refineries are working, but is it really true? Our leaders need to tell us the truth. That is what we need.
“As a nation, we need to address the fundamentals. We talk about fuel subsidy, who is gaining from it? There is corruption everywhere. We need to look into them. We need to go back to the basics for us to get our nation back.”
Yesufu, however, called on Nigerians to play their parts in improving the cause of the nation by supporting and patronizing made-in-Nigeria goods.
“In our own part, what have we done to improve the country? How many of us buy Nigerian goods? I heard that even toothpick is imported. We contribute to these problems too. We should support our made-in-Nigeria goods. It is affecting us. We all need to come down and start getting it right. If we really want to make this nation work, we know that we must be prepared to suffer,” she said.
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