President Goodluck Jonathan has given approval for the rebuilding of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
Jonathan spoke through the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday when she visited the Chibok community in Kuje, Abuja, as part of the outreach for the Safe Schools Initiative to provide education to children who are out of school as a result of the insurgency particularly in the North-eastern part of the country.
The school was badly damaged last April when Boko Haram launched an attack that led to the abduction of more than 200 students of the school.
The president reassured anxious parents and children of the current administration’s determination to rescue the abducted Chibok girls and quickly address the insurgency in the North-east in order to safely return displaced persons to their communities.
Okonjo-Iweala, who was accompanied by the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Muhammad Sani Sidi, to the 30 villages in Kuje, Abuja, where the displaced Chibok community are currently located, also assured them that government would accommodate about 44 students currently among the displaced persons in Chibok community Kuje in a list of 2,400 students, who would soon be transferred to other unity schools to continue their education.
She also ordered an immediate medical attention and immunisation of the children as well as necessary supplies to cater for the people.
The minister said the visit had become necessary in order to ascertain the condition of the Chibok community with a view to providing them with government assistance until they are able to return to their communities. (Thisdaylive)
Jonathan spoke through the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday when she visited the Chibok community in Kuje, Abuja, as part of the outreach for the Safe Schools Initiative to provide education to children who are out of school as a result of the insurgency particularly in the North-eastern part of the country.
The school was badly damaged last April when Boko Haram launched an attack that led to the abduction of more than 200 students of the school.
The president reassured anxious parents and children of the current administration’s determination to rescue the abducted Chibok girls and quickly address the insurgency in the North-east in order to safely return displaced persons to their communities.
Okonjo-Iweala, who was accompanied by the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Muhammad Sani Sidi, to the 30 villages in Kuje, Abuja, where the displaced Chibok community are currently located, also assured them that government would accommodate about 44 students currently among the displaced persons in Chibok community Kuje in a list of 2,400 students, who would soon be transferred to other unity schools to continue their education.
She also ordered an immediate medical attention and immunisation of the children as well as necessary supplies to cater for the people.
The minister said the visit had become necessary in order to ascertain the condition of the Chibok community with a view to providing them with government assistance until they are able to return to their communities. (Thisdaylive)
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