Nollywood actress, Genevieve
Nnaji in a recent interview on cables network, spoke with CNN's correspondent, Max Foster on the trending #BringBackOurGirls
campaign
Read transcript of the interview below:
Max Foster:
Genevieve Nnaji is an actress, model and singer who have been raising awareness
on the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. She told me they won’t stop till the
missing girls are found..check on it
Genevieve Nanji:
Everyone is involved. We are all mothers, we are all humans and these are young
girls that have been taken into captivity and uh…. we just felt that as some of
us who have a bigger face and more recognizable in terms of being celebrities
and having a large fan base, we thought it’s our responsibility to help shed
light and bring the fight to the forefront and stop this inhumane act.
Max Foster:
There’s been some criticism of the authorities in Nigeria that they were slow
to react to this. What’s your reading into that?
Genevieve Nanji:
Um, for me I think it would be unfair to say our government was slow to react
because no one knew whether they reacted or not. The thing is we weren’t told,
that’s the problem, we didn’t know if they were aware of the situation or not.
So, the major problem people are having is that lack of communication between
the government and the people. We just wanted them to, at least, react to us.
And make it aware to our knowledge that they know what was going on, we knew
there was a problem at hand, and it’s just that lack of communication....
Max Foster: Has
it improved now?
Genevieve Nanji:
Well, it has improved a whole lot, Now we can see things being put in place,
now we can see the efforts being made and again, that will be credited to the
noise that has been made, towards the campaigning that’s been made around the
world, you know, the global community having an interest in this. So, we are
grateful for all the attention. What it has done is create hope in a situation
that seemed hopeless in the beginning.
Max Foster: What
do you make of other countries offering military support of various forms. Is
that something that you welcome or would you rather that the Nigerian authorities
deal with it themselves?
Genevieve Nanji:
This has been going on way too long and um…. there’s no shame in asking for
help and in taking it. The truth is, terrorism is not a country’s, it’s not our
problem, it’s not a continent problem, it’s a global issue and if everyone can
come together and help fight it at every point, at any part of the world, as
long as we act as one again. This is a breach of human rights; it’s something
that should concern each and everyone. So, it’s welcome.
Max Foster: How
has this affected Nigeria as a nation?
Genevieve Nanji:
I think this situation is becoming a bit too close to home and this has nothing
to do with gender, religion or whatever. This is a human right problem and we
are all human and what is going on is very, you know, inhumane if you ask me.
And what it has done now is given us that confidence to know that our voices
are loud enough to heard all around the world and we won’t stop....
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