The attack which took place on 14th April, 2014 had left about 276 school girls, mostly Christians being abducted and feried into Sambisa forest, after destruction of properties within the school premises.
Since then, former President Goodluck Jonathan through his finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iwuala visited Chibok in March 2015, where she laid a foundation for rebuilding the school, and not until President Muhammadu Buhari came on board, in which, the Borno State Government under the leadership of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum took over and completed the project this year.
Although, quite a number of the abducted schoolgirls escaped, about 112 of them were in captivity or married off to the terrorists as their whereabouts is still unknown.
Buhari who was represented by Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, said, she was in the state to bring a goodwill message of President Buhari to the people of Borno, especially those in Chibok.
She thanked Borno State Government for single handedly renovated the school.
Government she said, is determined to provide quality of education, especially to the down trodden improve the girl child education.
She noted that the present administration is also determined to root out insurgency in the North-East region and the country as a whole to enable citizens return to normal life.
“We sympathize with the Chibok community. We know what you are going through. But I want to assure you that we are working day and night to make sure that life returns to normal both in your community and all others affected by terrorism.
“I want to appeal to Chibok leaders and the community to continue give their maximum support to the present administration under the leadership of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum who is ever willing to give girl child education the desire it needs”. The minister stated.
The Chief Host, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum thanked president Buhari for his support and cooperation to the state Government obtained the required funds which led to the completion of all the destroyed structures, and pledged his administration’s commitment to uplifting the education sector in the state.
He prayed God Almighty to rescue the remaining schools Girls and all those still in the captivity of Boko Haram.
“The reconstructed Chibok school have a state of the art classrooms, library and laboratory, computer and ICT Center, a sports arena and a clinic.
“For security, it has a gate house and observation post to be manned by well-equipped security agents.”