Chairman Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment Urged Nigerian on Returns of Chibok Girls

The chairman, Senate committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki has urged Nigerians to be hopeful on the return of the abducted Chibok school girls.

Saraki in a statement signed by his media aide, Bamikole Omisore said that “we must remain hopeful of their return, and steadfast in our determination to find them”.

The former governor of Kwara state who aligned himself with the comments of the president-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on the issue of the abducted school girls, said Buhari was right to throw the full weight of his incoming administration behind Nigerians efforts to find the missing girls.

He, however, quickly added that “but he (Buhari) is right too, not to make naive claims about the ability of any government to commit to find the girls”.

He added, “today we pause to remember the kidnapping of the Chibok School girls. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, friends, and
communities.

“A year may have passed since they were taken, but our sympathy and solidarity with their families, remains as strong as ever; and so does our
revulsion at the acts of terror committed. I have been emboldened by the character and courage that the families of the girls have shown over the
last year.

“I would like to take this opportunity to support the comments made by President-elect Muhammadu Buhari earlier today. He is right to throw the full weight of the administration behind our efforts to find the missing girls. But he is right too, not to make naive claims about the ability of any government to commit to find the girls.

“We must remain hopeful of their return, and steadfast in our determination to find them, but not make the same mistakes of the previous administration in promising what we cannot guarantee to do.

“Today, we must remember the acts of terror that took place one year ago, and the innocent girls that still suffer as result of those acts. We must
remember those acts first and foremost as a human tragedy. But secondly, we must remember and understand the underlying reasons why those acts took place, and embed a new determination and resolve into our strategy to defeat Boko Haram”.