BY NDAHI MARAMA, Maiduguri
Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), the umbrella body of all the Kibawu people in Borno as well as in diaspora has said that, as a body representing the people of Chibok local government they welcome the laudable safe school initiative by the Federal Government and embrace it wholeheartedly.

The association which is the body representing the people of Chibok local government in a statement by its Chairman and Secretary, Mr. Daniel Mwada and Mallam Tsarba Wadai, which is made available to journalists in Maiduguri, on Friday said, their attention has been drawn to recent publication credited to a Chibok community leader in Maiduguri, who allegedly said that the Chibok Community has rejected the safe school initiative.

“Whereas the rescue of our daughters is still top most on our priority list, we equally appreciate the fact that pending their return, those at home need to be protected, educated and their welfare generally provided for. In that regard we wish to thank the Borno state government for sponsoring some of the escaped girls to continue with their education, the duo stated”

The statement also said that the recent act of the Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance and co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, in initiating the reconstruction of GGSS Chibok is a development in the right direction which the community appreciate, and call on the Borno state government to also contribute its quota in that regard.

Kada also urged the federal government to provide basic social amenities as pipe born water, hospital and like road for indigenes of the traumatized community. The group however expressed appreciation to the press, different NGOs as well as other well meaning individuals in Nigeria and the world over who stood behind them in their moments of trial.