Winifred Bosa.

Mr. Robert Smith, a black American billionaire has offered to sponsor the education of 24 girls from Chibok Community including the recently released 21 Chibok girls.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu disclosed this to the State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the beneficiaries of the scholarship include the recently released 21 Chibok girls from the Boko Haram terrorist group.

According to him, the girls would be admitted through negotiation at the American University of Nigeria, Yola.

‘Smith has offered to pay for the education of the 21 girls released through negotiations and is offering to take responsibility for all the others who will hopefully be eventually set free.’

He also added that the Murtala Mohammed Foundation in the country was equally interested. He also said the girls were being treated as adoptees of the Federal Government but there was a lot of local and international interest in the future plans of the girls.

However, some parents of the recently rescued girls complained that they weren’t given enough room for interactions with their daughters who were recently brought home for Christmas by the Department of State Services (DSS).

Shehu said that following the complaint, a directive had been given from the headquarters to grant parents ease of access.