The Federal Government has urged the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group to see government as a partner rather than adversary in the quest to secure the release of the Chibok girls.

In a statement in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the BBOG’s continued portrayal of the government as an adversary and the needless firing of darts at President Muhammadu Buhari, were ultimately counter-productive.

Mr. Mohammed said the president was doing his utmost best to bring the girls back home safely.

“The Federal Government has bent over backwards to carry the BBOG along and to show transparency in the conduct of the search for the girls,” he said.

“The recent invitation extended to the group to witness first-hand the search for the girls by the Nigerian Air Force is a clear indication of this.“However, it came to us as a surprise that in spite of its initial positive report on the tour, the BBOG has too quickly reverted to its adversarial role.

“BBOG should stick to its role as an advocacy group rather than pretending to be an opposition party. “The synonyms of the word ‘advocacy’ do not include ‘antagonism’, ‘opposition’ or ‘attack’, in fact those words are the antonyms of ‘advocacy,’’’ he said.

The minister said it amounted to needless grandstanding for the BBOG to say it would no longer tolerate “delays’’ and “excuses” from the president on the release of the girls, as reported by the media.

According to him, such “impudent’’ language should have been reserved for those who did nothing in the first 500 days of the girls’ abduction, and not for Mr. Buhari.

Mr. Mohammed said President Buhari has presided over the liberation of all captured territory, the opening of shut schools and roads, the safe release of some of the abducted girls and the decimation of Boko Haram.

He assured Nigerians that the efforts to bring the girls back safely were continuing, but sought their understanding for not divulging any further details so as not to jeopardise the intricate process.

“Let me say unequivocally that the people involved in the negotiations are working 24/7. “The negotiations are complicated, tortuous and delicate.

Any wrong signal is capable of derailing things. That’s why the less we say, the better for all.

“We need a huge amount of confidence-building, the kind of which led to the release of 21 of the girls. This has been lacking for years, but right now we are confident that we are on the right track.

“We won’t do anything to jeopardise these talks, irrespective of the pressure or provocation from any quarter,” the minister said. (NAN)


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Mohammed Calm down. na una promise the people dey use take dey judge una. next time make una promise wetin una go fit do.

kingaruoture:
Mohammed Calm down. na una promise the people dey use take dey judge una. next time make una promise wetin una go fit do.

According to Lai Mohammed, BBOG is now an "opposition party". Kai, Oby Ezekwesili has really suffered.

Shamelessness.

opposition party indeed. wat they did against GEJ is coming back to haunt dem. chibokk girls is scam.

OBY..... is a disgrace

drss2:
opposition party indeed. wat they did against GEJ is coming back to haunt dem.
chibokk girls is scam.

A great lesson to the whole nation. Evil does not pay.

OLADD:

A great lesson to the whole nation. Evil does not pay.

true talk.

Oga has resurfaced again...

dikeigbo2:
Oga has resurfaced again...

Don't try that man, you can never find him wanting. However, I think he has a good match in Oby Ezekwesili.

make dis people go sit down, nigeria has urgent issues not this one

dannybomb:
make dis people go sit down, nigeria has urgent issues not this one

So, the Chibok Girls' issue is no more urgent now that power has changed hands?

Karma is a bitch, does with brain will understand what i mean.

BrokenTV:
Karma is a bitch, does with brain will understand what i mean.

APC and their jingoists don't seem to know it but time would tell.

They are negotiating.
Shame on them

Lai is back

onnenka:
They are negotiating.
Shame on them

Yes, they're negotiating with the same people that waste Nigerians almost on daily basis through suicide bombing. Nigeria I hail thee.

Oby shouldn't step down her attacks rather she should continue to put pressure on this government to fulfil the phantom return of phanto chibok girls

OLADD:


Yes, they're negotiating with the same people that waste Nigerians almost on daily basis through suicide bombing. Nigeria I hail thee.

Negotiating with people they supposedly cleared from Sambisa.

onnenka:
Negotiating with people they supposedly cleared from Sambisa.

You made me laugh in Swahili this morning. The conscience of this nation is gradually finding a resting place in the garbage.