On Thursday, August 27, 2015, it will be exactly 500 days since over 200 school girls aged between 16 to 18, were kidnapped from their boarding school, Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.

Children under the auspices of Chibok Girls Ambassadors march to press for the release of 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists during a demonstration at ministry of education in Abuja, on April 14, 2015. Nigeria’s president-lect Muhammadu Buhari cautioned he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as the country marked the first anniversary of their abduction. AFP PHOTO

However, commemorating the 500th day with most of the girls still missing, EnoughisEnough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria), a coalition of young Nigerians promoting good governance and citizen engagement, are set to renew their calls for the rescue of the girls with a MARCHTOGOV.AMBODE on August 27.

The coalition, via its handle @EiENigeria said that it will kick-off its advocacy march at the Allen Roundabout, Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, by 9am. But it’s uncertain at press time if former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili,  a leading voice in the campaign, will be present.

It would be recalled that the girl’s plight garnered attention on Twitter last year using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, attracting high-profile political figures such as first lady of the United States of America, Mrs. Michelle Obama, former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Prime Minister David Cameron who endorsed the social media campaign.

Despite the fierce conversation on social media, many of the girls who were abducted in their hostel, in the wee hours of April 14, 2014, during the course of their Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), are yet to be rescued.