One hundred girls in Borno region were kidnapped as they waited to take their exams. Imagine the horror of the parents and school staff learning their daughters were kidnapped because they wanted an education! Shell, Chevron and Exxon have have incredible influence and power in Nigeria and can play a leadership role in getting the Nigerian military to take this act of kidnapping seriously and to end the ordeal--by finding these girls now! We as consumers and residents of their home states have a voice too and we should push these companies to use some fo their profits to help these girls survive and be brought home now!
We urge Secretary of State John Kerry and the leadership of the most profitable oil companies doing business in Nigeria (Exxon Mobile, Royal Dutch Shell, and Chevron Texaco) to invest in direct intervention and support to help find the remaining kidnapped school girls taken from the state of Borno in Nigeria. With the more than $50 billion dollars in revenues garnered from oil extraction in Nigeria, these firms can afford to invest in a region-wide search and rescue operation for these girls. These firms also have the ear of the Nigerian government and military and should use their influence to help encourage the Nigerian military to quickly find these youngsters. The US government as well as Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell tout their support for human rights and human dignity. Sending a message that kidnapping young girls because they desire an education is an abhorrent act and one that flies in the face of the values of the firms that work in that region will be powerful. Please send resources, staff, and the best expertise from around the world to find and rescue the remaining kidnapped school girls in Borno, Nigeria now!
