of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on
Thursday sneaked into Chibok, the famous town
where 276 girls were abducted by the Boko
Haram in April, last year and laid the foundation
stone for the rebuilding of the school where the
girls were abducted.
However, it was gathered that the minister,
accompanied by some senior federal government
officials, boycotted Borno State officials and
landed at the Yola Airport before proceeding to
Chibok amidst heavy security.
“We were appalled when we saw the minister in
Chibok with the intention of laying foundation for
the rebuilding of the ruined school. We were really
surprised because we never expected something
like this,” said Ayuba Aisami, a parent of one of
the abducted girls.
Another parent, James Mbalala said nobody told
them of any event in Chibok.
“We just saw large contingent of soldiers and
some civilians and they told us to gather at the
village square,” he said.
“Honestly, we were shocked and we are still
asking ourselves if really the Federal Government
is serious about rebuilding anything here. Since
the day our daughters were taken away, the Boko
Haram insurgents have terrorized us severally but
nobody cares to come until now, we really see
political motive behind the desperate move,”
Mbalala said.
Our correspondent gathered that though the
Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok
belongs to the Borno State Government but
nobody from the state ministry of education or
the Government was invited.
Only the principal of the school, Hajiya Asabe
Kwambura, was directed to report at Chibok even
as the attack on the school on April 14, 2014, the
facility had remained closed.
Other sources in Chibok attributed the recent
attention on the community to the forthcoming
elections.
“The attention is unusual but it is rather
unfortunate that the federal authorities are
boycotting the state government. And let me tell
you the fact, the foundation laying ceremony is
just for ceremonial purposes because no builder
or engineer will dare stay here for long, the
terrorists are still on the prewl,” Joshua Inuwa, a
youth in Chibok said.
Speaking on the impromptu visit to his senatorial
district, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume told
correspondent that the foundation-laying
ceremony for rebuilding the college may have a
political motive behind it.
“At the moment, our major concern is not how to
rebuild the school, “ the senator said. “We’re
concerned about the rescue of the girls. If the
girls are rescued, the task of rebuilding the school
is easy. The state government has the capacity to
do it. What the minister has done is nothing other
than putting the cart before the horse.”
According to the senator, there were over 1,000
girls in the college when Boko Haram attacked it,
most of whom have been placed in other
institutions in the country to ensure their
education is not truncated. “That has been done
by the state government, not the Federal
Government. What Dr Okonjo-Iweala has done is
for political reason; it’s because elections are
around the corner. How can you talk about
rebuilding GGSS, Chibok without involving the
senator, House of Representatives and House of
Assembly members from the area. It’s pure
politics.”
Senator Ndume accused the Federal Government
of abandoning the people to their fate, saying,
“After the abduction of the girls, the villages
around Chibok have been attacked six times. Only
last week 18 persons were killed. The Federal
Government said nothing about these attacks.
Security agencies and local hunters are keeping
the place safe, but government is not doing much
to help them.”
In his own reaction, one of the organisers of the
Bring Back Our Girls protest, Dr Emman Shehu,
told Sunday Trust last night that the visit to
Chibok by the minister was odd.
“The girls have been in captivity for 326 days
before the minister decided to visit Chibok,” he
noted. “The Federal Government set up a fact-
finding committee to visit Chibok. It’s report has
not been released. What Nigerians expect from
government is the status of the rescue operation
of these girls. The greatest irony of it all is that
the woman flew in a helicopter to Chibok with a
huge complement of soldiers. That tells you that
there is no security there. No school in the North-
East is safe, yet she’s gone there to lay a
foundation for rebuilding the college. Everything is
being done just to secure votes.”
In a related development, Mallam Isa Gusau, the
Special Assistant to Borno State Governor, told
our reporter that his boss was not aware of the
foundation-laying ceremony performed by Dr
Okonjo-Iweala.
Mallam Gusau said, “Governor Kashim Shettima
wasn’t aware of that foundation laying ceremony.
He was actually on tour of seven local
government areas in southern parts of Borno
State, launching free food distribution to citizens
to ease hardships arising from security challenges
that adversely affected farming in 2014 cropping
season all over the state. He was supposed to
visit Chibok before he cut short the trip on
Saturday following the bomb attacks in
Maiduguri. Governor Shettima surprisingly heard
about the foundation laying ceremony, even
though in took place in his own state while he
was in the state and at a secondary school
belonging to the state government. The governor
certainly welcomes any effort from the Federal
Government or any private institution or
individual towards advancing education in Borno
State. He is happy with any support, be it in
Chibok or anywhere in the state. However, it is a
general expectation that things should follow
proper steps so as to give room for doubts about
sincerity of any project. Governor Shettima has
been working with the Finance Minister, Ngozi
Okonjo Iweala, since 2014 over the safe school
initiative. When the Minister came to Maiduguri in
2014, the governor drove her around for about
three hours to ensure successful take-off of the
programme and they continued holding meetings
in Abuja. It surprising that she came to Borno
State for the second time unnoticed and to
perform a function in a school belonging to the
state government.”

source: http://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/news/19851-chibok-leaders-say-okonjo-iweala-s-project-in-ggss-is-political

The most important thing is that the project is on in chibok! GEJ till 2019!!!

please compile all his offences over there for onward transmission to the ICC!!!

the poster above by name temitemi1 is robot employed by PDP to cover up its mess posted on nairaland and endorse GEJ till 2019.

Nairalanders beware!

This administration should just throw in the towels. Nobody will believe their intentions, whether genuine or otherwise.

All this last minute desperation cant save Jonathan

GEJ's administration, one of the worst african history

Jonathan can visit chibok one million times, 90% of them will not vote for him, he thinks they are fool abi

Iweala the voodoo economist.

makzeze:
the poster above by name temitemi1 is robot employed by PDP to cover up its mess posted on nairaland and endorse GEJ till 2019.

Nairalanders beware!

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he poster above by name makzeze is robot employed by APC to
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temitemi1:
The most important thing is that the project is on in chibok! GEJ till 2019!!!

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temitemi1:
The most important thing is that the project is on in chibok! GEJ till 2019!!!

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temitemi1:
The most important thing is that the project is on in chibok! GEJ till 2019!!!

Don't mind the foolish socalled elders. Instead of giving kudos to the Federal Govt and vent their anger on Shettima under whose watch the girls were "abducted", they were busy spitting trash. If they don't like the projects, in the word of Oshiomole, they can go and...