Yesterday tuesday May 30,2017,was the official hand over of the 82 released Chibok girls to the Ministry of Women Affairs for further rehabilitation.The Department of State Security {DSS} handed over the 82 girls at the event in Abuja,Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo,said that government would do all that is necessary to ensure that the girls are fully rehabilitated.Osinbajo who was repredented by Dr. Nicholas Audifferen thanked all the development partners and the government agencies involved in the project.The Director of Medical Services at the DSS,Dr. Anne Okorafor,said that the agency has profiled all the girls medically and had done all the required investigations.She said some of the girls would require further medical treatment.Minister of Women Affairs,Hajia Aisha Alhassan,noted that the girls have spent three years of their lives in captivity as a result of which government is doing everything it can to stabilize them medically and psychologically.The rehabilitation of the girls,according to her,is being done with the consent of their parents,adding that any of the girls who wishes to go back home would be allowed to do so,More photos below.
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