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.

Albert Ogunsola     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Women Radio     Oloriegbe     Elelu     Oba-Solagberu     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Agor     Saad Omo\'ya     Apata Ajele Secondary School     CACOVID     Saka Keji     Madawaki     Yahya Mohammed     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Okin High School     Government House     Segun Adeniyi     Talaka Parapo     CELF     Harafat E. Mukadam     Patience Jonathan     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Wahab Agbaje     Deji Ajani     Idowu Laro     Ilorin Airport     Oke-opin     Alaaya     Olushola Saraki     Tsaragi     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Ganmo     Dan-Kazeem     Mustapha Olanipekun     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Tunji Folami     Saidu Yaro Musa     Lanre Issa Onilu     Amuda Bembe     Shagari     Balogun Gambari     Oniye     Usman Yunusa     Akume     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Ejidongari     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Tafida Of Ilorin     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     ITP     High Court     John Olajide Adedipe     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Monthly Sanitation     Laboratory-to-Product     NTA Ilorin     Toyosi Thomas     Waheed Ibrahim     IYA YUSUF     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Isa Aremu     Salihu S. Yaru     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Michael Nzwekwe     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Apado     HYPPADEC     Adeleke Ogungbe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muslim Cementary     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     James Ayeni     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Akanji     Overland     Samari     Afolayan     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Yemi Osinbajo     NNPP     SWAN     Olupako Of Share     Oba Of Jebba     VADA     Kwara Apc     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Oyawoye     Magaji Nda     Baruten     Ajikobi     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Women Radio     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Moremi High School     Hakeem Idris     George Funsho Adebayo     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     UNIFEMGA     Share/Tsaragi     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Al-Ilory     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Bayo Onimago     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     KW-GIS     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Adebayo Salami     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Tayo Alao     Kale Kawu     Olawuyi     New Naira Notes     Government House     Suleiman Mora Omar     Eghe Igbinehin     General Hospital, Offa     Kemi Adeosun     Bilikisu Gambari     Amuda Musbau     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Ganmo     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Folashade Omoniyi     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Bayo Ajia     Najim Yaasin     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Sebastine Obasi     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Babaita     Dan Masanin     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Sulu Gambari     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Saidu Isa     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam