The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Presidency Office of Digital Engagement (PODE), has collaborated with ABDAM Creative Media, a Lagos-based firm with a passion for non-profit public advocacy work, in the production of a new documentary on the rescued Chibok Girls.

The 26-minute documentary, titled COMING HOME, highlights the impact of the tragedy that Boko Haram unleashed on Nigeria, as well as the determination of the Buhari Administration to defeat Boko Haram and ensure the freedom of the terrorist group’s thousands of captives, including the rest of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on the night of April 14, 2014.

Its release coincides with activities to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok Girls.

COMING HOME features exclusive footage/interviews with the 24 rescued girls, who are all currently in the care of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, which has developed a nine-month programme of rehabilitation and reintegration for them. “This programme, which includes a special Remedial and Vocational Education component, kicked off in January 2017, after the girls returned from their first visit home to Chibok, in December 2016,” said Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to the President – Digital and New Media/Head, Presidency Office of Digital Engagement (PODE).

COMING HOME features Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari; Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo; Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and Chairman of the Chibok Girls Parents Association, Yakubu Nkeki; and the girls’ caregivers.

The full documentary is available to view on YouTube: bit.ly/COMINGHOMEDOCUMENTARY

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