The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Lagos State chapter, on Friday dissociated themselves from the May 27 Children’s Day.
It said this would be in place until the abducted Chibok female students were found.
Chief Yomi Otubela, the Lagos State NAPPS President, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the association would not participate in the celebration without the missing school girls.
NAN reports that over 200 female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State were abducted on April 14 by insurgents.
The development has also prompted the support of the US, Britain, Canada, China and France to the Federal Government to rescue the girls.
Otubela said that all the proprietors, parents and students, especially the female ones, should be on the streets to address the abductors of the Chibok school girls on the Children’s Day.
He said: “All the fanfare for May 27, which is the Children’s Day, will be suspended if these girls are not found, and we will be on the streets.
“These girls are writing their Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations and should have been celebrating the day with their mates.
“They shall be at the point for the rally on children’s day.
“This is not the time for criticism, but a time to raise our voice in prayer for the safe return of our children.”
Otubela said that NAPPS was not protesting but it was trying to make its voice heard in a coordinated way.
He added: “Come May 27, NAPPS will bring Nigerians to the streets to make our voices known for the return of our children.
“We are not going to protest but we want our grievances to be known.”
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