INT’L WOMEN’S DAY: IndustriALL urges FG to step up rescue of Dapchi girls

AS the world marks International Women Day today, women in trade unions in Nigeria, yesterday in Lagos, pleaded with the Federal Government and all the security agencies to step up efforts at rescuing about 112 school girls of Government Girls Science Technical College, GGTC, Dapchi, Yobe State, abducted by Boko Haram terrorist group since February 19, 2018.

Similarly, leading women’s groups in the country have urged the Federal Government to take bold steps towards achieving gender equality, calling on the National Assembly to ensure passage of the Gender & Equal Opportunities Bill.Under the aegis of IndustriALL Global Union, the women who marched round some Jibowu and Yaba areas of Lagos were unanimous that the abduction of the school girls even when those earlier abducted in Chibok four years ago, remained unaccounted for, haddisrupted the peace in several homes as well as the country as a whole.

In a remark, Vice President of IndusriALL Global Union, Africa,Region, Issa Aremu, noted that whoever abducted the girls had abducted a nation, urging the Federal Government to show seriousness and work hard to bring back the abducted Chibok and Dapchi Girls.