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.

Ganiyu Taofiq     Amos Bajeh     Mahmud Ajeigbe     ITP     Ubandawaki     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Prince Bola Ajibola     Bayo Lawal     Ilorin Durbar     Kwara State Polytechnic     COVID     Mahee Abdulkadir     Adeniyi Ojo     NITDA     Yakubu Gobir     Mahe Abdulkadir     IsDB     Bolaji Abdullahi     Ahmad Uthman     Na\'Allah     Local Government     Ndama Al-hassan     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Earlyon Technologies     Olabode Towoju     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ayegbeni     Femi Gbajabiamila     Omotosho     Kwara Central     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Barakat Community Secondary School     TESCOM     Shero     Bisi Kristien     Pategi     Sobi Hill     REO CAKES     Doyin Awoyale     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     GAMA     Yusuf Abubakar     Arca Santa     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Saka Onimago     Niyi Osundare     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     KWSIEC     Oko-Olowo     Lukman Adeloyin     Tunji Oyawoye     Jaigbade Alao     Bilikis Oladimeji     Funke Adedoyin     Ramat Oganija     Kwara State Pension Board     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Femi Oladiji     Oye Tinuoye     Sabitiyu Grillo     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Tsaragi-Share     LEAH Charity Foundation     Kwara Poly     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Abikan     Harrison Osauwagboe     April 11     Ibrahim Abiodun     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Chief Of Staff     Sulyman Tejidini     Bayer AG    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sambo Murtala     3MTT     Shero     Adeniyi Ojo     Halidu Danbaba     General Hospital, Offa     Ojuekun     Alfa Yahaya Road     Arinola Lawal     Fareedah Dankaka     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Overland     Rasheed Jimoh     Galadima     Owode Market     Kolade Solagberu     Bankole Omishore     Adeleke Ogungbe     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Kola Shittu     Kwara State Polytechnic     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Ibrahim Mashood     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Hassanat Bello     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Face Masks     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     GGDSS Pakata     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Maigidasanma     Prince Bola Ajibola     Marufat Oladosu     Kabir Shagaya     Idowu Aremu     Oyawoye     Kunbi Titiloye     Amoyo     Hassan Saliu     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Offorjama     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Amusa Bello     Doyin Awoyale     Damilola Yusuf     Ibrahim Orire     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Hussein Oloyede     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Idris Amosa Saidu     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Hakeem Idris     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Roheemat Hammed     Ajibike Katibi     Kwara State Fire Service     Eleja     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Gaa Olobi     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Jalala     George Funsho Adebayo     Wahab Abayawo     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Rashidi Yekini     Adama Isa     Aliyu Salihu     Okin High School     Communication Network Support Services     Medview Airlines     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Tunji Olawuyi