Ten years have passed since the Chibok girls were stolen from their school beds, yet the wounds remain fresh for families across Nigeria. A new international report has exposed uncomfortable truths about how we have failed these young women - not once, but twice.

The United Nations Committee has painted a heartbreaking picture of abandonment and neglect. While 103 of our daughters who returned home through government talks received proper care and even scholarships to study at the American University of Nigeria, too many others have been left to suffer in silence.

What breaks the heart most is this: many of the girls who managed to escape their captors found no help waiting for them. No counselling to heal their minds. No schooling to rebuild their futures. No rehabilitation to help them find their place in society again.

Today, 91 of our girls remain in the hands of terrorists. The report reveals that our government has stopped trying to negotiate their freedom. How do we explain this to their mothers who still wait by their windows each night?

The survivors who have spoken out tell stories that should shake us all. They endured unspeakable horrors during their captivity, only to face rejection and stigma when they returned home. Many found themselves abandoned in displacement camps, forgotten by the very society they hoped would welcome them back.

"These girls were failed twice," one advocate explained. "First when armed men took them from their beds, and again when we left them to face their trauma alone."

The pain extends beyond the girls themselves. Families spent everything they owned trying to pay ransoms to kidnappers. Parents sold their farms, their homes, their future - all for the chance to hold their daughters again.

The international committee didn't mince words in their criticism. They found that our authorities failed to protect schools from attacks, failed to keep our daughters safe, and failed to ensure they could continue their education without fear.

Perhaps most damning of all: we failed to remove the shame and stigma that follows survivors of such crimes. Young women who were raped during captivity, and the children born from those attacks, continue to face rejection in their own communities.

The report also highlighted a glaring gap in our laws. Across all 36 states of Nigeria, we still haven't criminalized marital rape or properly addressed abduction cases. This legal weakness leaves our women and girls vulnerable.

There is a path forward, but it requires action. The committee has called on Nigeria to renew efforts to rescue the remaining Chibok girls and all other women held by Boko Haram. They also demand better funding and equipment for our police force to prevent future mass abductions.

The full report is now available online, a permanent record of our failures and a roadmap for redemption. The question remains: will we act on these recommendations, or will more years pass while our daughters remain in captivity?

As Nigerians, we must ask ourselves: what does it say about us as a people that we have allowed this wound to fester for a decade? And more importantly, what are we prepared to do to make it right?

The Chibok girls deserve better than our broken promises. They deserve a nation that fights for them, cares for them, and never gives up on bringing them home.