Borno Govt To Spend N150m On Rehabilitation Of Escaped Abducted Schoolgirls

The abduction of the over 200 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state by the Boko haram sect on April 14 has been a matter of serious concern both locally and internationally.



The Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, has said N150 million have been set aside to take care of the 53 Chibok schoolgirls, who escaped from the den of the Boko Haram terrorists.

The governor who made this development known while addressing the presidential fact-finding committee in Chibok 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."

Governor Shettima who is very optimistic that the others will be freed also said that his 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 who escaped.