HIJAB CONTROVERSY: REOPEN THE SCHOOLS NOW

Date: 2021-03-14

Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has called on the Kwara State Government to reopen all the schools that were closed down in the wake of the controversy over the wearing of hijabs in some mission schools without further delay.

In a statement today, the former commissioner for education in the state noted that the students have lost so much teaching time to the lockdown forced by the pandemic and should therefore not be allowed to suffer further as a result of the hijab issue.

"Under the best circumstance, the big concern for everyone was how to recover the precious time that the children had lost to COVID. Therefore, we cannot afford to keep the children out of school even for one further day if we truly care about their education," he said.

Abdullahi appealed to all concerned to put the interests of the children above all other considerations. "This hijab thing is nothing new. The contention over the identity of mission schools is also not new. We have managed these issues over the years without allowing them to escalate to the level of forcing the closure of schools. Some people are either mismanaging or exploiting this issue.

"Is the government suggesting that parents of the Muslim children would prefer for the education of their children to suffer rather than allow them to attend schools without hijab? Or are they saying that the Christian parents would rather have their children stay at home than to allow some Muslim children to wear hijab in the school? I don't think so. And this is why it is difficult to understand the rationale behind the decision of government to keep the schools closed indefinitely."

Abdullahi therefore appeals to all concerned to put the education of the children in the affected schools above all other considerations and call on the state government to reopen the schools without further delay.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

CT Ayeni     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Kayode Ishola     Yoruba     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Lanwa     Adegoke Bamidele     Clara Nwachukwu     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Alfa Belgore     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Air Peace     Akanbi-Oke     Adeleke Ogungbe     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Muhammed Danjuma     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Sherif Shagaya     Eruku     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Musa Yeketi     Awwal Jawondo     Aliyu Alhassan     Magaji Are     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Durbar     Niyi Ogundiran     SSA Youth Engagement     Hakeem Idris     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Dasuki Belgore     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Moshood Bakare     Amina El-Imam     Read With Me     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Maryam A. Garuba     Aliyu Adebayo     Lucky Omoluwa     SWAN     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     National Party Of Nigeria     Tunde Akanbi     Mohammed Abdulahi     Bola Shagaya     Garba Ado Sanni     Owu Fall     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Village Alive Development Association     Salihu Ajia     Gobir     Bibire Ajape     Jawondo     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Mohammed Ibrahim     Kwara Apc     Offa Metropolitan Club     Baboko Primary School     IYA ALFA NLA     Asa LGEA School     Wahab Issa     Lukman Adeloyin     Okala Baba     Kwara Restoration Project     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Crystal Corner Shops     Babaloja-General     Olabode George Towoju     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Oniwa     Goodluck Jonathan     Buhari     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara South     Sunset Workers     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Suleiman Idris     Biliaminu Aliu     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     REO CAKES     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Baboko Primary School     Saliu Tunde Bello     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     New Model Police Station     Ayinde Oki     Senate Presidency     KwaraLearn     20 Billion Bond     Mustapha Olanipekun     Garba Idris Ajia     Maigida Soludero Transit     Ridwan Agboola     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Abikan     Onilorin     Ben Duntoye     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Oluranti Idowu     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Split Diamond Interchange     Bukola Saraki     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Taofeek Sanusi     Tafida Of Ilorin     Sulyman Tejidini     Ilorin Emirate     Gbemi Saraki     Quareeb Islamic Association     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Kemi Adeosun     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ashiru     Quran     Tunji Ajanaku     Makama Of Ilorin     Olabanji Orilonishe     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Flights To Ilorin     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Yunus Oniboki     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Bolakale Ayo     Taofeek Ibraheem     Baboko     Usman Yunusa     KWIRS     Pacify Labs     Unilorin     Saka Adeyemo     Laboratory-to-Product     Abdulwahab Oba     Amule     Aliyu Salihu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Emir Of Yashikira     Okin Group     Bola Tinubu     Chief Of Staff     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Saidu Isa     Senate     Yusuf Ali