The organised labour, Thursday, described the federal government’s inability to rescue the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno State, in April 14, 2014, as an assault on humanity.
It stated the schoolgirls were not just statistics but wives, daughters, teachers, doctors, lawyers and leaders in their own capacities.
At a briefing in Lagos, Mr. Issa Aremu, General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, who was represented by one of his deputies, Mr. Sylvester Chimezie, said: “Whoever kidnaps a girl child kidnaps a future. 219 in captivity for 639 days is an assault on the future of humanity.
”Social dialogue and negotiated settlements are tested mechanisms for resolving social conflicts, not senseless violence in which innocent Chibok girls are victims.”
Aremu, who is also the Chairman of IndustriALL Global Union, Sub-Sahara Africa, lauded the #Bringbackourgirls group and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to apply same dedication with which he tackled Boko Haram to rescuing the schoolgirls.
Earlier, second Deputy President of NUTGTWN, Mr. Babatunde Yusuf, who represented the President, Mr. John Adaji, said: “Each time we look at our daughters; we must remember the fate of the Chibok girls and put their rescue on the front-burner always.”
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