Former Minister of Education and Convener, Bring Back Our
Girls group, Oby Ezekwesili, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
government of being as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians as other
administrations before it, saying his minsters need to be tutored.
Ezekwesili was reacting to Minister of Defense, Mansur Dan
Ali’s statement that it could take years to rescue the missing Chibok girls.
She lambasted the minister and wondered where he was when
the parents of the abducted children were crying during the week.
The former minister described Dan-Ali’s absence from the
event as negligence of his duties and warned him to watch his words.
According to Ezekwesili, Dan Ali is trying to cover up the
Buhari-led government’s failure on its promise to rescue the Chibok girls
swiftly.
The Defence Minister had said, “It took the U.S. up to
seven, eight, up to 10 years before they could get to bin Laden.
“We are continuing our campaign in the Sambisa Forest in all
its nooks and corners.”
Ezekwesili reacted via a post on her twitter handle,
@Obyezeks, saying, “Gross insensitivity that defines
Nigerian Governments on
Chibok Girls et al. Their parents get to know this in the media.#WICKEDNESS.
“Where was this Minister of Defense when the #ChibokGirls
Moms were crying on Friday & Yesterday? He’s responding on Newspaper?
“This horrific mockery of the pain of #ChibokGirls Parents
by a Govt that PROMISED SWIFT RESCUE of their Girls? #LetGodArise!
“Minister should be tutored that this deflection & dereliction
of DUTY strategy WON’T WORK. Definitely WON’T WORK. Try another.”
By John Owen Nwachukwu
