BORNO State governor, Kashim Shettima, has said N150 million have been
set aside for the rehabilitation of the 53 abducted schoolgirls, who escaped
the Boko Haram terrorists, who abducted them on April 14 in Chibok.
He said the Boko Haram terrorists, who were claiming to be fighting the
cause of Allah, had neglected the dotcrines of the Holy book, as according to
him, “they have in some cases, tried to change the ordained translation of
verses of the Holy Quran.
“To every Muslim, a verse of the Holy Quran clearly said that there was
no compulsion in religion, but to these men of violence, there was compulsion,
not only in religion, but even in Islamic ideologies. To these men, any human,
who did not share their ideologies deserved to be brutally killed.
“A Muslim that is of not of the Boko Haram sect is condemned to death
and so is a Christian. To them, the human race should go into extinction for
their doctrine to thrive. Borno has seen evil times. Our people have suffered.”
Shettima, who disclosed this while addressing the presidential
fact-finding committee in Cibok said: “The Borno State government has set aside
the sum of N150 million to fund a rehabilitation programme of the 53 girls and
to support parents in Chibok, whose sources of livelihood have been truncated
by the trauma, leaving them with little or nothing to feed on, while we
continue to work immeasurably towards the release of the girls being held.”
He said the Chibok incident had exposed the weaknesses of our leaders,
who had shifted their attention from finding solution to the unfortunate
incident to engaging in passing the bulk.
The governor said: “The state government is already in touch with key
international organisations and a plan of action has already been proposed by
the Ministry of Health in the State on issues relating to the health and
well-being of the 53 girls, as well as their colleagues soon as they are freed
insha Allah.
“We are very optimistic that they
will be freed. We have a committee headed by the state’s commissioner for
health, a female medical doctor, with speciality in reproductive health. She
has experience in female advocacy with international contacts on the issue
before us.”
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