#BringBackOurGirls Campaigner, Oby Ezekwesili Donates $10,000 To Chibok Girls

Co-founder of Transparency International and #BringBackOurGirls frontline campaigner, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has donated the sum of $10,000 to the Chibok community. She is one of the 10 persons from around the world, who was honoured by the Swedish queen, Silvia Renate and awarded $10,000 reward, and she decided to donate the fund to the people of Chibok community, who have suffered abduction of children and attacks by Boko Haram to ensure that funds will be available for the rehabilitation of the girls when they are rescued.

Revealing this at the #BringBackOurGirls sit-out yesterday, the chairman of Chibok community in Abuja, Tsambido Hosea-Abana urged for a standing ovation in honour of the former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili for this kind gesture and confirmed the receipt of the funds.

According to the chairman, the funds, has been paid into the account opened for the rehabilitation of the Chibok girls, as part of the community and the BBOG plan for the future of the abducted girls.

“I can confirm that this money has entered the designed account. We had about N1.1 million donated by people to assist in rehabilitating these girls when they are returned. I am also appealing to Nigerians to donate to the course of rebuilding the schools in Chibok as saome of these schools have been destroyed when the Boko Haram attacked the area.”