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   Bring Back Our Girls: 4 Years On… and Hope Endures Still! 

“The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightensthem. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them.”- Malala Yousafzai (Pakistani Activist for Female Education)

Saturday, April 14th marks the 4th anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok by Boko Haram. Since the kidnap, Nigerians and other citizens around the world have demanded for the return of the ‘Chibok Girls’ from 2 government administrations. So far, 164 of the abducted school girls have been reunited with their families and 112 remain in captivity.The federal government refused to learn from the kidnappings of the #ChibokGirls. On Monday February 19th, 111 secondary schoolgirls, one primary school girl, and one primary school boy, 113 children in total, were abducted from Government Girls Science & Technical College, Dapchi by a splinter group of Boko Haram.  5 died in captivity, 106 of the girls and 1 boy were released after 31 days in captivity and Leah Sharibu remains in captivity because she refused to renounce her faith.Activities are scheduled to commemorate the 4th year anniversary of the abduction of #ChibokGirls.

Abuja

The Second Annual Chibok Girls Lecture will hold on Saturday, April 14th. The lecture will be aired live on Channels TV. Pastor Tunde Bakare is the guest speaker and Hajiya Naja’atu Bala Muhammad the Chairperson.Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, 1 Memorial Drive, Central Business District11 am (Registration opens at 9am)

New York City

Date

Time

Event

Location

Friday,

April 13

1:15 pm

Ju’mah Gathering & Prayers

The Islamic Centre at NYU, Grand Hall

238 Thompson Street, 5th Floor of GCASL

New York, New York 10012

Saturday, April 14

10:00 am

Shabbat Gathering & Prayers

Society for Advancement of Judaism

15 W 86th Street (near corner of Central Park West), New York

Sunday, April 15

2:30 pm

Christian Gathering & Prayers

West End Collegiate Church

245 W 77th Street

New York, New York

Lagos

Date

Time

Event

Location

Friday, 

April 13

4:00 pm

March from Falomo Roundabout to the United Nations, Ikoyi.

6:00 pm

Interfaith Vigil with Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, Imam Nojeem Jimoh and Professor Maurice Magnor.

Falomo Roundabout

Saturday, April 14

11:00 am

Screening of

2nd Annual Chibok Girls Lecture

in Abuja by

Pastor Tunde Bakare

followed by town hall question & answer session.

Falomo Roundabout

While we are aware of the efforts made by the government so far, we shall continue to demand for the release of the remaining #DapchiGirl, 112 #ChibokGirls and other kidnapped victims.

Join a gathering near you!

#BringBackOurGirls