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.

Omotoso Musa     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Saka Abimbola Isau     Olatunji Ayeni     Iponrin     Tinubu     Wasiu Odewale     Aliyu U. Tilde     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Lawal Jimoh     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     John Obuh     Dagbalodo     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Saheed Akinwumi     Public Holiday     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Medview Airlines     Ilesha-Gwanara     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Kola Bukoye     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Saidu Kawu     Kale Ayo     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     IYA YUSUF     Mazars Consulting     Okiki     Osuwa     Shehu Adaramaja     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Kwara TV     International Aviation College     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Dunmade     Ajase-Ipo     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abioye Bello     Salman Jawondo     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ado Bayero     Issa Baba     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Shuaib Olarongbe     Moses Rahman Popoola     Student Learning Support Helpline     Yusuf Abubakar     Isau     Baruten     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Tsaragi     Alao Ayotunde     Kehinde Boyede     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Pakata Development Association     NIPR     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     AGM Professional Services     Prince Bola Ajibola     Alabe     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     NTA Ilorin     Ilorin Central Mosque     Ado Ibrahim     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Omu Aran     Okala Baba     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Atiku     Gbemisola Oguntimehin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Quran     Fareedah Dankaka     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Kayode Laro     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Council Of The Wise     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Naira Redesign     Sulu Gambari     Age AbdulKareem     Abubakar Usman Jos     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Diagnostic Centre     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     CCB     Ilorin Amusement Park     Omoniyi     Dankaka     Ben Duntoye     Alabe     Kolade Solagberu     Oloje     Wahab Abayawo     Rebecca Bake     Bayo Lawal     Kulende     Prince Bola Ajibola     Pacify Labs     Yahaya Muhammad     Reuben Paraje     Issa Oloruntogun     Bashirat Bola Bello     Millennium Development Goals     Chief Imam Of Offa     Elekoyangan     Adama Isa     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Roheemat Hammed     UTME     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Saidu Kawu     Olushola Saraki     Muhammed Danjuma     Segun Ogunsola     Ogidi-Oloje     Sadiq Umar     Muhammad Yahya     Umar Saro     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     A.O. Belgore     Bio Ibrahim     Saad Omo Iya     Rueben Parejo     Yinka Aluko     Saliu Alamoyo     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     AGF Abdulrazaq     KWASEIC     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Lukman Adeloyin     Odolaye Aremu     Emmanuel Bello     Olabode George Towoju     Local Government     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Rafiu Ajakaye     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     AbdulGafar Tosho     Hakeem Idris     Lai Gobir     Ifelodun