In an emotion-laden occasion on Saturday in Abuja, the 82 rescued Chibok school girls reunited with their parents .
This was stated by Mr Joe Mutah, the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja.
Mutah said that the girls were earlier reunited with 24 others, who were rescued by the Federal Government last year.
He said the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Jummai Alhassan, disclosed at the event that a group of experts had been put together to address the girls’ psycho-social support and medical needs.
Mutah said that the Minister was represented by Mrs Abidemi Aremo, the Director Planning, Research and Statistics in the Ministry.
He quoted the Minister as saying: “the children are being rehabilitated and we believe that in due course they will be properly aligned with their families.
“Intensive medical attention is being administered and as soon as they are done, they will be enrolled into a remedial programme’’.
The Minister reassured of the Federal Government’s commitment to intensifying efforts to rescue the remaining girls in captivity and expressed appreciation to all those involved in the rescue mission.
The Chairman of the parents of the abducted school girls, Yakubu Nkeki said their joy had no bounds and thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for wiping away their tears.
So far, a total of 106 Chibok school girls, out of the 219 captured on the night of April 14, 2014, have been rescued.
