American first lady Michelle Obama yesterday bemoaned the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok of Borno State, saying that the crime enraged her and President Barack Obama, her husband.
She said this while delivering President Obama’s weekly radio address to Americans, an act considered rare in American history, which our reporter monitored on internet radio.
“Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and I are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls from their school dormitory in the middle of the night,” she said in the address.
“This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education – grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls.”
She said President Obama had directed the government to do everything possible to support the Nigerian government’s efforts to find the girls and bring them home.
“In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams; and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now.”
The first lady noted that the school where the girls were abducted had been closed recently because of terrorist threats, but the girls insisted on coming back to take exams.
“They were so determined to move to the next level of their education…so determined to one day build careers of their own and make their families and communities proud,” she said.
“And what happened in Nigeria was not an isolated incident. It’s a story we see every day as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their ambitions.”
She thus urged Americans of school age who had the opportunity for education, but dropped out to learn from the example of Chibok girls.
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