July
8, 2020
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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#BringBackOurGirls
Denounces Renewed Abductions of Women by Boko Haram; Calls on the Nigerian
Government to Rescue Dozens of Nigerian Women and Girls Abducted in Malaharam
in Biu Local Government Area
#BringBackOurGirls and
Nigerian women’s groups in solidarity call upon the Nigerian government to
rescue all of Nigeria's women and girls abducted by Boko
Haram and reunite them with their families. We denounce the renewed spate
of abductions by Boko Haram is in response to the recently
reported abductions of women and girls from Malaharam
in the Biu Local Government Area of Borno State on Friday, June 26,
2020.
#BringBackOurGirls emphasizes that this and previous abductions constitute a failure of governance by the Nigerian government, which has the primary responsibility and should take the lead in bringing back our girls and women.
The lack of human security is an urgent and ongoing problem in Nigeria. The Nigerian government should harness the skills, experience and knowledge base of Nigerians at home and abroad to take back our country from vicious insurgents who have menaced our fellow citizens and brutalized them for far too long. Besides rescuing all our abducted girls and women, a comprehensive political, economic and social set of strategies must be devised to bring peace and security to the embattled populations in the northeast and other parts of the country, and to reduce the alarming increase in gender-based violence.
#BringBackOurGirls emphasizes that Article 14 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended) states that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”. The Nigerian government should uphold the constitution and live up to its promise. It must demonstrate that it takes its constitutional responsibilities seriously. It must clearly show that it guarantees the human security of all its citizens.
We demand that the Nigerian government should ensure all Nigerians and the world at large that human security is a right of all our citizens, and it will guarantee them safe, meaningful, and enduring peace and security, as well as freedom from fear of abduction, all over the country.
We reiterate this urgent
call upon the Federal Government of Nigeria to rescue all our abducted girls
and women NOW!
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
About #BringBackOurGirls
#BringBackOurGirls is a
coalition of Nigerians united to advocate for the rescue of our #ChibokGirls
and all other abducted Nigerian women and girls.
Signed
by:
Abiola
Akiyode-Afolabi
Aisha
Oyebode
Aisha
Yesufu
Ayo Obe
Babasola Olalere
Deji Kolawole
Evon Idahosa
F.T. Adebayo
Florence Ozor
Gapani
Yanga
Habiba Balogun
Jonathan
Okanlawon
Maureen
Kabri
Mojúbàolú Olufúnké
Okome
Monday Ojon
Ngozi Iwere
Nifemi
Onifade
Oby
Ezekwesili
Yahi Bwata
‘Yemi Adamolekun
Yemisi Ransome-Kuti
For
Abuja, Lagos & New York BBOG Families
Endorsed by
1.
Abiodun
Essiet Initiative for Girls
2. Above Whispers Foundation
3. ACTS Generation GBV
4. ADEM Community & Human Development
Foundation
5. Adinya Arise Foundation (AAF)
6. Advocate For Health And Development
Initiative
7.
African
Women’s Initiative (AWI)
8. Ajegunle Community Project
9. Alliances For Africa (Afa)
10. Aminchi Women Cooperative Society
11. Arise Nigerian Woman Foundation.
12. ATATA Development And Empowerment
Foundation (ADEF)
13. Briskila Emefesi Women Foundation
(BEWOF)
14. Cece Yara Foundation
15. CEE-HOPE Nigeria
16. Center For Economic Empowerment And
Gender Activities (CEEGA)
17. Centre For Alternative Development
And Self-Enhancement (CEADESE NG)
18. Centre For Health And Development In
Africa(CHEDA)
19. Centre For Nonviolence And Gender
Advocacy In Nigeria (CENGAIN)
20. Centre For Peace Education And
Community Development
21. Centre For Women’s Health And
Information (CEWHIN)
22. Change Managers International Network
23. Charity Women Spring Of Salvation
24. Chedal Multi-Purpose Cooperative
Society
25. Choung-Dung Women Association.
26. Christian Women For Excellence And
Empowerment In Nigerian Society (CWEENS)
27. Christian Women In Nigerian Politics
28. Citizens Center for Integrated
Development and Social Rights (CCIDESOR)
29. Community And Youth Development
30. Community Education Advancement Of
Peace And Development Initiative (CEAPDI)
31. Community Initiative For Healthy And
Peaceful Society
32. Community Life Project (CLP)
33. Community Rescue Initiative (CRI)
34. Community Women Initiatives
35. Courageous People Health And
Development Initiative (CPHDL)
36. Development In Practice Gender And
Entrepreneurial Initiative (DIPGEI)
37. Dinidari Foundation
38. Dorothy Njemanze Foundation
39. Dream Alive Women And Orphans
Support Foundation (DAWOS Foundation)
40. Echoes Of Women In Africa
Initiatives
41. Education As A Vaccine (EVA)
42. Emerge Women
43. Empowerment And Action Research
Centre
44. Equality Through Education
Foundation ( ETEF)
45. Equity Advocates (EA)
46. Equity Advocates/ The Woman Today
Newspaper
47. FAME Foundation
48. Federation Of Informal Workers Of
Nigeria (FIWON)
49. Federation Of Muslim Women
Association In Nigeria (FOMWAN)
50. Federation Of Paralegal Network
(FEDPAN)
51. Federation Of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
52. Fembridge Development Initiative
(FEDI)
53. First Future Leadership
54. Forward In Action For Education,
Poverty And Malnutrition (FACE-PAM)
55. Gender Action Awareness Trust
56. Gender And Constitution Reform
Network (GECORN)
57. Gender And Development Action (GADA)
58. Gender And Environmental Risk Reduction
Initiative(GERI)
59. Gender Awareness Trust (GAT)
60. Gender Development Initiative
61. Gender Equality Center
62. Gender Equality, Peace And
Development Centre
63. Gender Technical Unit (GTU)
64. Girl Child Advocacy And Education
Initiatives
65. Girl Child Africa
66. Girl Child Education, Care &
Rehabilitation
67. Girl Education Rehabilitation And
Care (GERAC)
68. Green Spring Development Initiative
69. Hadis Foundation
70. Heal Disability Initiative
71. Health Reform Foundation Of
Nigeria(HERFON)
72. HEIR Women Development
73. Hope For New Life
74. Inter Africa Committee (IAC)
75. Inter Gender Peace Foundation
76. International Action Network On
Small Arms Women Network Of Nigeria
77. International Hairstylists, Barber
And Body Therapists (IHSTOBAN)
78. International Society Of Media In
Public Health (ISMPH)
79. Iyaniwura Children Care Foundation
80. Jamatul Nasir Islam, Women Wing
81. Jana Health Foundation
82. Justice Development And Peace
Commission (JDPC)
83. Justice Development And Peace
Mission (JDPM)
84. K/Mashi Gamji Women
85. Kebetkache Women Development And
Resources Centre
86. Kimpact Initiatives
87. Kudirat Initiative For Democracy
(KIND)
88. League Of Queens International
Empowerment
89. Legal Defense and Assistance Project
(LEDAP)
90. Lift Initiative
91. MBULA Women Association
92. Media & Teens Network.
93. Media Concern Initiative
94. More Women In Politics
95. Nasrul – Lahi-L- Faith Society
(NASFAT)
96. National Association Of Women
Journalist (NAWOJ)
97. National Council Of Women Societies
(NCWS)
98. Network Of Reproductive Health
Journalists Of Nigeria, NRHJN
99. Next Initiative For Gender Actions
(NIGA)
100. NGAS Women Farmers’ Cooperative
Society
101. Nigeria Association Of Women
Journalist (NAWOJ)
102. Nigeria Labour Congress, Women
Committee
103. Nigeria Union Of Teachers (NUT)
104. Nigerian Women Politics Forum
105. Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NTWF)
106. Ogayem Merciful Care And Support
Initiatives (OMCSI)
107. Ogun Women Alive
108. Onomese Foundation
109. Osi Joe Touching Lives Initiative
110. Ovie Brume Future Leadership
Development
111. Partners West Africa
112. Peasant Dragnet
113. Proactive Gender Initiative (PGI)
114. Project Alert On Violence Against
Women
115. Ray's Of Hope Community Foundation
116. Relief Development Initiative Kaduna
117. Responsible Citizenship and Human
Development Initiative
118. She Forum Africa
119. Shout Global Health
120. South- South Professional Women
Association.
121. Stand to End Rape (STER)
122. Stephanie Peace Building Development
Foundation
123. Support For Needy Children And Women
Initiative(SUNCHI)
124. SWOFON National Abuja
125. The Inclusion Project (TIP)
126. The Priceless Jewels Foundation
127. Transformation And Development
Center (TDC)
128. Transition Monitoring Group
129. Tunde & Friends Foundation(TAFF)
130. UC Women Commission
131. Vision Spring Initiatives (VSI)
132. Voice Of Ogun Women (VOW)
133. West African Network For Peace
Building (WANEP)
134. Widows Development Organization
(WIDO)
135. Woman-Being Concern Nigeria
136. Women & Youth Awareness
Empowerment Network (WOYAEN)
137. Women Advocacy, HIV Prevention And
Other Diseases (WAHPOD)
138. Women Advocates Research And
Documentation Center (WARDC)
139. Women Aid Collectives (WACOL)
140. Women And Youth Empowerment For
Advancement And Health Initiative (WYEAHI)
141. Women Consortium Of Nigeria (WOCON)
142. Women Empowerment And Initiative
Development
143. Women Empowerment and Reproductive
Health Centre (WERHC)
144.Women Farmers Alliance
145. Women For Peace And Gender
Equality Initiative (WOPEGEE)
146. Women For Peace And Gender Equality
Initiative
147. Women Foundation Initiative
148. Women Foundation Of Nigeria (WFN)
149. Women In Africa Initiative
150. Women In Agriculture
151. Women In Mining
152. Women Information Network (WINET)
153. Women Initiative For Democracy And
Empowerment (WIDE)
154. Women Law and Development
Initiative(WOLDI)
155. Women Law Development Center Of
Nigeria (WLDCN)
156. Women League For Peace And Freedom
(WILPF)
157. Women Of Vision Development
Initiative
158. Women Protection Organization (WOPO)
159. WOMEN RADIO 91.7
160. Women Wing Of The Christian
Association Of Nigeria (WOWICAN)
161. Women, Infants And Children Care
Initiative (WICCI)
162. Women’s Rights And Health Project
(WRAHP)
163. Women's Right To Education Programme
(WREP)
164. Youth Future Savers Initiative
