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.

Isin     Odo-Owa     Monthly Sanitation     Shettima Of Ilorin     Elelu     Ibrahim Mohammed     Durbar     IEDPU     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Awoye     Ilorin Like-Minds     Seni Saraki     Doyin Group     Ahmad Uthman     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Labour Party     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     SGBN     Kwabes     Oya State     Oke-Oyi     Sherif Sagaya     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Alfa Belgore     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Jalala     Radio Kwara     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Okoolowo     Laboratory-to-Product     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     ITEM 7     Dele Momodu     Falokun-Oja     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Saka Adeyemo     Kazeem Adekanye     Ibrahim Oniye     Funmilayo Mohammed     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Durbar Festival     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Yusuf Abubakar     Azeez Bello     National Party Of Nigeria     Wale Oladepo     Iliasu     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Aliyu Alhassan     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Halimat Yusuf     Muritala Awodun     Ndakene     Michael Nzekwe     Lola Olabayo     Ahmad Lawan     Joseph Offorjama     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Amusa Bello     Ayinde Oki     Iyiola Oyedepo     Sunday Fagbemi     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Eleyele     Onilorin     Oke-opin     Ejidongari     Fulani     Khairat Gwadabe     NYSC     Yusuf Olaolu Ali    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Kwara Apc     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Kwara Pdp     AbdulRahman Saad     SSA Youth     Just Event Online     Aiyedun     TESCOM     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Sheikh Ariyibi     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Alabe     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kola Bukoye     Boko Haram     Agbarigidoma     Anilelerin     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Kulende-UITH     Femi Oladiji     NITDA     3MTT     Kwara Volleyball Association     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Osi     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Ilorin Airport     Unilorin FM     Sebastine Obasi     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Abubakar Ndakene     Akanji     Durbar Festival     YAKOOYO     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Olatunde Michaels     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     KWASAA     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Memunat Monsuma     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Nagode     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Kwarareports.com     Mansur Alfanla     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     ASMAU PLAZA     Wale Oladepo     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Olatomiwa Williams     Toyin Sanusi     Ayo Salami     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Saidu Kawu     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Plat Technologies Limited     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Adamu Atta     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Illyasu Abdullahi     John Obuh     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Curfew     Ridwan Agboola