By Ezrel Tabiowo
President of the Senate, David Mark, has again called for prayers for the survival of the Nigerian child who had ironically become an endangered species in the hands of abductors and kidnappers.
He said the situation called for sober reflection on the way forward as he “cannot rationalise why the children who represent the future have suddenly become the target of evil men in Nigeria.”
In a goodwill message to mark this year’s Children’s Day, Mark in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, specifically lamented that over 200 Government Secondary School girls in Chibok , Borno state, abducted by the Boko Haram sect were still held captive.
Mark said: “As parents or guardians, we owe the children care and protection. How do we explain to generations, yet unborn, that our girls abducted from their school are still being held.
“This is a challenge to all of us. We cannot fail these children. All of us must put on our thinking caps and strategise on the way out.”
He urged Nigerians to put aside religious, political or ethnic considerations and adorn the jersey of one united Nigeria in the battle against insurgents, adding that “with the cooperation and collective will of all of us, we shall overcome.”