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From: Ali Abare, Gombe
A United States-based Christian organisation, Church of the Servant King, Gardena, California, is seeking the permission of the Federal Government to sponsor the university education of four Chibok girls that recently secured their freedom from captivity.
The Church made its intention known via a letter addressed to the Minster for Women Affairs, Hajiya Jummai Alhassan, a copy of which was made available to Daily Sun in Gombe, on Wednesday.
In the letter signed by its Pastor, Richard Read, the Church, through its contact person in Nigeria, Pastor Mercel Zamdai Sunny, said it had finalised arrangements for the girls to gain admission into HOPE International University, Fullerton, California in time for the 2017/18 academic session.
The church said it was sponsoring the university education of the girls in order to give them hope and a better life.
“Back in the 70s and 80s, we sponsored 30 Cambodian people. We assisted them in assimilating and establishing new lives in a new world and lived in our homes with us. We believe this situation warrants the same kind of response. We are well prepared to love and care for these young women while they are in the US. Our prayers are that these four will achieve success to counterbalance the horror they went through with the Boko Haram,” part of the letter reads.
The church disclosed that a number of benefactors would offset all expenses for the girls to start their university education in America.
The church said while it awaited the approval of the minister, it was authorising its local church pastor in Nigeria, Pastor Zamdai, “facilitate and navigate through the acceptance forms, the correct documents, the departure forms and paperwork.”
