Yesterday (May 27th) was Children’s Day in Nigeria, and also marked over 6 weeks now since nearly 300 girls in Chibok in Northeastern Nigeria were abducted from their secondary school in the dead of the night by Boko Haram militants. At the recently concluded World Relay Championships in the Bahamas, the whole world of Track & Field, led by IAAF President Lamine Diack, got behind #BringBackOurGirlsNow
Nigeria posted a commendable performance at these 1st ever World Relays, with a 4x400m Bronze and 4th place in the 4x100m, and it was perhaps fitting that it was our girls who posted those results. #BringBackOurGirls has slowly started ebbing from the world’s consciousness, but the girls are still very missing. We believe that we must keep up the pressure on the powers that be to #BringBackOurGirlsNow. Over the next few days, we will be posting more pictures for the Campaign to keep the Chibok girls at the forefront of our minds. We need them home now.
