The Federal Government Friday released the composition of the Chibok Fact-Finding Committee that is billed to be inaugurated at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday
The setting up of the Committee, which is headed by Brig. General Ibrahim Sabo (rtd), was announced by President Goodluck Jonathan at an emergency National Security Council meeting held earlier in the day.
According to a statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, other members of the committee are: Femi Falana (SAN), Mrs. Hawa Ibrahim, Mrs. Fatima Kwaku, two representatives of National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), two representatives of (one whom shall be a female) AllNigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) and two representatives of the National Parents Teachers Association.
Others are two representatives of the Nigeria Police, two representatives of the State Security
Service, two representatives of the Nigerian Army, two representatives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), one representative of the Federal Ministry of Information (who shall be the Committees’ Spokesperson), one representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice, three representatives of Borno State Government (two of whom, preferably, shall be women), one representative of the United Nations, one representative of ECOWAS (who shall be a woman) and the Permanent Secretary (Special Services Office) OSGF as Secretary.
“As part of efforts to ensure successful rescue of the abducted female students of Government Secondary School CHIBOK, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has approved the constitution of a Presidential Committee on the rescue efforts for the missing female students”, Anyim announced.
The Committees whose work shall be largely fact findings is charged with the following terms of reference:
To liaise with the Borno State Government and establish the circumstances leading to the School remaining open for boarding students when other schools were closed;
To liaise with relevant authorities and the parents of the missing girls to establish the actual number and identities of the girls abducted;
To interface with the Security Services and Borno State Government to ascertain how many of the missing girls have returned;
To mobilise the surrounding communities and the general public on citizen support for a rescue strategy and operation;
To articulate a framework for a multi-stakeholder action for the rescue of the missing girls;
To advise Government on any matter incidental to the terms of reference.
