The parents of the slain students of Federal Government
College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, on Tuesday told a Federal
Government delegation that the government was one
year late.
Boko Haram sect attacked FGC, Buni Yadi, on February
24, 2014, killing 29 students in the school in a night
raid.
At the meeting with the Federal Government delegation
at GAAT Hotel, Damaturu, were some parents of the
slain students, the Parents Teachers Association
Chairman of the college, Alhaji Kati Machina,
representative of FGC’s Principal and some journalists.
The delegation was led by the Minister of Science and
Technology, Dr. Abdul Bulama.
Speaking on behalf of the bereaved parents, Machina,
who expressing the grievances of the parents, told the
delegation they were one year late.
He noted that the Federal Government was expected to
be at the forefront of bringing relief to the school as
FGC, Buni Yadi, is a unity school.
He added, “If the governor of the state can leave
whatever he was doing to visit the school a day after it
was attacked early last year, I expect that because of
the distance from Abuja, they would have been in that
school in a week or two.
“But that did not happen until now; so we felt that the
Federal Government has abandoned us.”
One of the parents, who lost his son in the school, Goni
Gujba, lamented the poor handling of the situation by
the school authorities.
According to him, some of the parents of the students
in the school had yet to reintegrate their children back
to school due to some economic challenges.
He said, “On behalf of the parents let me use this
opportunity to register our grievances with the Federal
Government. This visit of today, which is exactly one
year and three weeks (after the killing of the students)
is the first formal delegation from Federal Government.
Although there was a condolence letter, which was
unsigned, from the office of the Permanent Secretary.
“When this incident happened, the two principals of the
school were not there. In fact, there was less than 17
staff there at the school. I was there because I lost one
of my children and Buni Yadi is my home town. We
confirmed that 29 students from the list here were
dead. Some were even brought from the bush dead and
up till this point, two are still missing and we assume
they are dead.
“We want to appreciate your formal meeting with us but
it’s on record that there was poor handling of the
situation by the school administration. Up to this
moment, there is no communication to us from the
school, no formal visit to the parents or calling us, the
parents, to condole us just as a way of showing
concern.
“But I must say that on the side of the state
government, the incident occurred on the 24 and 25 of
February, 2014, the governor of Yobe State was there.
In fact, he saw the victims and he made a pledge of
N100m there and we got N1m each though after one
month.”
source: http://www.punchng.com/news/youre-late-slain-yobe-fgc-students-parents-tell-fg/#disqus_thread

All in the name of seeking for votes

Power is a strong ihian o. See the games men play to get power

After a full year? students of a Fed Govt unity school?

Haba you don't expect d parents of those slain kids to be smiling with you Minister... Hmmmm

Seems Nigeria should be conducting elections monthly from wat I'm seeing these days

This was the only incident that moved me. Even when chibok happened I wasnt moved cos govt refused to comment on this boys that were killed; or they also believed it was scam?! So after a year they had the guts to go meet the parents!!! Dis is pathetic and annoying. So because of favor in election they remembered the boys... They must be mad. Gosh, make I no vex finish for here biko. Let their conscience be the judge