Protesters of the #BringBackOurGirls have said the rescue of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls should be the nation’s primary responsibility and not secondary.
They urged the media not to allow the rescue become a secondary priority of the Federal Government and Nigerians.
The protesters said this might lead to forgetting the girls.
The group said 140 days after the abduction of the schoolgirls, it had moved beyond creating awareness to knowing if anything was being done.
The former Education Minister and leader of the protesters Dr Oby Ezekwesilli said the group wished to capture the power of the press to sustain the need to rescue the girls.
She noted that instead of the government criticising the advocacy and seeing the protesters as enemies, it should see them as an advantage to the growth of the country because citizens were uniting for the growth of the country and an end to terrorism.
She said: “The media must advocate to avoid the girls becoming a secondary priority for the government or the society.
“One hundred and forty days after the abduction of our daughters, we have moved beyond trying to create an awareness of their abduction to knowing if anything is being done. We wish to capture the power of the press to sustain the fight of the Chibok girls.
“Right now, we have passed the point of the general briefs where the person briefing does not even understand the terminologies involved. The media need to be more sophisticated in their interactions with the government on the state of terrorism in the country.
source: nigerianeye
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