Oh wow! Our very own Obiageli Ezekwensili [Former Minister of Education]. Nigeria! We going places...Here's what a certain, sister Rosemary wrote about her...
Obiageli Ezekwesili
By Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
Like northern Uganda, where I live, northern Nigeria is very
isolated. For many years, the women who were abducted from our region
remained invisible. So although I have not met Obiageli Ezekwesili, I
know the #BringBackOurGirls campaign that she championed is very
important. It would have taken a long time to raise awareness about the
girls taken by Boko Haram without her using her platform as a former
Minister of Education.
We need to remember that these girls are undergoing psychological and maybe physical torture. So I love that the campaign says, “Bring back our girls,” and not “Bring back my child.” Everybody is in unison with the parents and the relatives. Everyone is feeling their pain. Everyone will be ready to embrace the girls and offer them care and compassion if they are rescued or manage to escape.
It has been a year, and the girls haven’t been rescued, but she has made a difference by speaking about it. Not just speaking but shouting. I know some people will say she is too loudmouthed. The loud mouth is needed. People hear it.
Nyirumbe runs St. Monica Girls’ Tailoring Centre, a school for former captives of the Lord’s Resistance Army and disadvantaged women in Gulu, Uganda.
We need to remember that these girls are undergoing psychological and maybe physical torture. So I love that the campaign says, “Bring back our girls,” and not “Bring back my child.” Everybody is in unison with the parents and the relatives. Everyone is feeling their pain. Everyone will be ready to embrace the girls and offer them care and compassion if they are rescued or manage to escape.
It has been a year, and the girls haven’t been rescued, but she has made a difference by speaking about it. Not just speaking but shouting. I know some people will say she is too loudmouthed. The loud mouth is needed. People hear it.
Nyirumbe runs St. Monica Girls’ Tailoring Centre, a school for former captives of the Lord’s Resistance Army and disadvantaged women in Gulu, Uganda.
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