PRESS STATEMENT
2nd May, 2014
As part of efforts to ensure successful rescue of the abducted female students of Government Secondary SchoolCHIBOK, 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. The Committees whose work shall be largely fact findings is charged with the following terms of reference:
To interface with the Security Services and Borno State Government to ascertain how many of the missing girls have returned;
2.The Committee is composed as follows:
(i)Brig. General Ibrahim A. Sabo(Rtd.)-Chairman
(ii)Barrister Femi Falana, SAN-Member
(iii)Hajia HawaIbrahim
(iv)Hajia FatimaKwaku-
(v)2 representatives of National Council of Women
Societies (NCWS) -Member
(vi)2 representatives of the All one whom shall be a female
Nigeria Conference of
Principals of Secondary
Schools (ANCOPSS) -Member
(vii)2 representatives of the National “-Member
Parents Teachers Association
(viii)2 representatives of the Nigeria Police “-Member
(ix)2 representatives of the State Security
Service“-Member
(x)2 representatives of the Nigerian Army“-Member
(xi)2 representatives of the Nigeria Union
of Journalists (NUJ) “-Member
(xii)1 Representative of the Federal Ministry of
Information (who shall be the Committees’
Spokesperson) -Member
(xiii)1 Representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice-Member
(xiv)3 Representatives of Borno State Government
(two of whom, preferably, shall be women)-Member
(xv)1 Representative of the United Nations-Member
(xvi)1 Representative of ECOWAS (who shall be awoman)-Member
(xvii)Permanent Secretary (Special Services Office)OSGF-Secretary
4.The Committee will be inaugurated at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, 6th May, 2014 by 12 noon.
SIGNED
Anyim Pius Anyim, GCON
Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
