Politics
Hashtags and activism as search continues for abducted Nigerian girls
Accordingly, the hashtag, #BringBackOurGirls must be the preamble and not the end goal. We must capitalise on the international awareness and attention generated by the hash-tagged catchphrase to launch a comprehensive movement against Boko Haram. When our daughters are kidnapped by members of a group, whose ruthless leader operates in the shadows with a twisted ideology, and whose members heartlessly carry out his repugnant commands, we naturally get emotional. Who wouldn’t? However we must not stop at “Bring Back Our Girls”, we must continue.
Hopefully, the Nigerian government along with help from the international community can bring back our girls. But for our daughters’ sake, and our sons too, we must demand that they “#Bring Back a Safe and Civil Nigeria”. On Wednesday, a $300,000 reward for “credible information that will lead to the location and rescue of the abducted school girls was announced by Nigeria’s police. The authorities also provided several telephone numbers.
Source: The Africa Report
