The convener of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement, Hadiza Bala Usman, has expressed displeasure over some principal officers of the federal government who had tried to discredit her and the group by spreading inaccurate information through advertorials.
She has, therefore, stated categorically that the group was not in any way affiliated to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Usman, in a press release, stated that she had never hidden the fact that she was a member of the APC and that the BBOG movement was founded by her out of sheer humanity and the need for the government to intensify effort in bringing back the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram sect on April 14, 2014.“I, Hadiza Bala Usman, the Convener/Initiator of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, is a member of the APC, and there has been no time I have hidden this fact or tried to mask it. But let’s be clear: when I worked to mobilise women, men, and Nigerians in general to come out on April 30 to protest that the government should intensify efforts to #BringBackOurGirls, I did so not as an APC member, but first as a human being, as a woman, a mother, a Nigeria and an African: it was never about politics and/or my political affiliations; it was rather about our shared humanity as human beings. As a mother, I have experienced the trauma of not knowing where my child is for few minutes; does it then surprise many why I would be moved to act on behalf of mothers who are yet to see their daughters for two weeks (at the first instance) and now over 189 days after,’’ she said.
Usman added that the issue of insurgency should offer everyone in the country, irrespective of their party or religious affiliation, a chance to stand united as a nation.
“This moment, therefore, offers for us a unique chance to stand united as a nation, whether you are in PDP, APGA, APC, or any political party, Christian or Muslim, from the North or the South.
“The issue of the abducted Chibok girls is an opportunity to unite and not divide – to unite against insurgency, terrorism, and every common enemy that seeks to divide us as a people.
“We must unite to ensure that every girl and boy in Nigeria has equal access to education. We must unite to change the narrative that no matter one’s tribe, gender, religion, social strata, interests, and political affiliations, we can all come together as one to transform our beloved nation for the best,’’ she said.
Source: Leadership
She has, therefore, stated categorically that the group was not in any way affiliated to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Usman, in a press release, stated that she had never hidden the fact that she was a member of the APC and that the BBOG movement was founded by her out of sheer humanity and the need for the government to intensify effort in bringing back the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram sect on April 14, 2014.“I, Hadiza Bala Usman, the Convener/Initiator of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, is a member of the APC, and there has been no time I have hidden this fact or tried to mask it. But let’s be clear: when I worked to mobilise women, men, and Nigerians in general to come out on April 30 to protest that the government should intensify efforts to #BringBackOurGirls, I did so not as an APC member, but first as a human being, as a woman, a mother, a Nigeria and an African: it was never about politics and/or my political affiliations; it was rather about our shared humanity as human beings. As a mother, I have experienced the trauma of not knowing where my child is for few minutes; does it then surprise many why I would be moved to act on behalf of mothers who are yet to see their daughters for two weeks (at the first instance) and now over 189 days after,’’ she said.
Usman added that the issue of insurgency should offer everyone in the country, irrespective of their party or religious affiliation, a chance to stand united as a nation.
“This moment, therefore, offers for us a unique chance to stand united as a nation, whether you are in PDP, APGA, APC, or any political party, Christian or Muslim, from the North or the South.
“The issue of the abducted Chibok girls is an opportunity to unite and not divide – to unite against insurgency, terrorism, and every common enemy that seeks to divide us as a people.
“We must unite to ensure that every girl and boy in Nigeria has equal access to education. We must unite to change the narrative that no matter one’s tribe, gender, religion, social strata, interests, and political affiliations, we can all come together as one to transform our beloved nation for the best,’’ she said.
Source: Leadership
