Dapchi schoolgirls: NGO tasks FG on security

Dapchi schoolgirls: NGO tasks FG on security
By Mustapha Sumaila
Schoolgirls
Abuja, March 21, 2018 (NAN) The In-depth Rural Health Access Action and Initiative (IRHAA), an NGO, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to provide adequate security in schools for safety of students across the country.
The Executive Director of IRHAA, Dr Grace Okudo, made the plea while reacting to the release of 106 abducted Dapchi Schoolgirls in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
NAN recalls that 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical School, Dapchi, Yobe, were abducted on Feb. 19.
Okudo explained that governments at all levels must do everything possible to ensure students who went to school to learn for a better future were not abducted again.
She said “prevention is better than cure”, hence government must do everything within its power to prevent future occurrence of the incidence.
Okudo, who is a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, said that the news of the release of the girls was a relief to her and IRHAA.
“As a woman and as a professional, I know what these girls went through, it is highly traumatising.
“Definitely, there will be scars on them; mentally, psychologically and physically, therefore these children must be properly rehabilitated before reuniting them with their families,” she said.
Okudo, who is also a medical practitioner, lauded efforts of all stakeholders involved in the release of the schoolgirls. (NAN)
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Edited by Ify Omowole/Muhammad Suleiman Tola