by Benson Agoha
The protest which started yesterday in Abuja has spread to Lagos where the youth have embarked on a (so far) peaceful protest over insecurity and the fate of the missing school girls.
The seeming inability of the Nigerian government to promptly rescue nearly 200 teenage girls abducted from their school two weeks ago by the notorious terror group Boko Haram is worrisome.
Needless to say that the 16 luxury buses and about 24 mini buses raised following the blast, is already a subject of unbelief, but to hit and abduct 230 girls a day after the incidence sure does raise the stakes.
Some of the reasons advanced for the frustration of efforts made so far to wards rescue the girls have been that intelligence agencies are often betrayed and their plans are easily revealed to Boko Haram.
Does Boko Haram have more intelligence than the government? Shouldn't it be the other way round?
If the Nigerian government hopes to sustain the interest of the international community towards increased investment, security of lives and property must be one of the primary areas of policy focus.
After all investors have families some of whom may be relocating along side their investment.
We sincerely hope that currents moves yield the right results and that these girls are rescued as quickly as possible.
* Twitter: @woolwichonline.
* Photo Credit: Premium Times & The Independent.
The protest which started yesterday in Abuja has spread to Lagos where the youth have embarked on a (so far) peaceful protest over insecurity and the fate of the missing school girls.
The seeming inability of the Nigerian government to promptly rescue nearly 200 teenage girls abducted from their school two weeks ago by the notorious terror group Boko Haram is worrisome.
* The youth protest in Lagos today after a similar protest by parents of the missing girls in Abuja yesterday (3rd photo below).
On April 24th Yvonne Ndege of Al-jazeerah raised the stakes when she quizzed Presidential spokesman to the government of Nigeria, Reuben Abati on the fate of the girls and the apparent insecurity in the country.
Worried parents have had to take up the search for the 187 girls that are still missing, after they were snatched from their school in Chibok, Northeastern part of Borno state, just one day after a devastating bomb blast killed 73 and injured numerous others.
* The lagos protest continues despite initial attempt to disperse them.
Needless to say that the 16 luxury buses and about 24 mini buses raised following the blast, is already a subject of unbelief, but to hit and abduct 230 girls a day after the incidence sure does raise the stakes.
As the international outcry grow, the London Evening Standard yesterday added its voice to the call for international assistance to find the girls.
It is disturbing that it should take so long to find these girls. It is now 16 days since the incidence and there is no obvious sign of their recovery from their abductors. One can only imagine what the girls have been going through since then.
And since the Nigerian government has begun to see evidence of it's efforts at pulling in foreign investment, it will help to take prompt and decisive step to restore confidence.
And since the Nigerian government has begun to see evidence of it's efforts at pulling in foreign investment, it will help to take prompt and decisive step to restore confidence.
* Obiageli Ezekwesili, co-founder of Transparency International Vice President of the World Bank Africa division, joins parents in a protest over the missing girls in Abuja, Nigeria Capital.
Some of the reasons advanced for the frustration of efforts made so far to wards rescue the girls have been that intelligence agencies are often betrayed and their plans are easily revealed to Boko Haram.
Does Boko Haram have more intelligence than the government? Shouldn't it be the other way round?
If the Nigerian government hopes to sustain the interest of the international community towards increased investment, security of lives and property must be one of the primary areas of policy focus.
After all investors have families some of whom may be relocating along side their investment.
We sincerely hope that currents moves yield the right results and that these girls are rescued as quickly as possible.
* Twitter: @woolwichonline.
* Photo Credit: Premium Times & The Independent.
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