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Retired General Sabo To Head Presidential Fact-Finding Committee On Abducted Borno Schoolgirls

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Retired General Ibrahim A. Sabo has been named head of the fact finding committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan on the abduction of over 200 girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

The list released by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, on Friday is composed of: Brig. General Ibrahim A. Sabo (Rtd.) – Chairman; Barrister Femi Falana, SAN – member; Hajia Hawa Ibrahim – member; Hajia Fatima Kwaku – member; two representatives of National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) – member; two representatives of the All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools, one whom shall be a female – member; two representatives of the National Parents Teachers Association – member; two representatives of the Nigeria Police – member; two representatives of the State Security Service – member; two representatives of the Nigerian Army – member; and two representatives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists – member.

Others are one representative of the Federal Ministry of Information (who shall be the Committees’ Spokesperson) – member; one representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice – member; three representatives of Borno State Government (two of whom, preferably, shall be women) – member; one representative of the United Nations – member;one representative of ECOWAS (who shall be a woman) – member; and Permanent Secretary (Special Services Office) OSGF – Secretary.

Anyim said the committee, which work shall be largely fact finding, 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 and
. To advise Government on any matter incidental to the terms of reference.

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