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.

Umar Adelodun     Www.Kwarareports.com     James Ayeni     Sambo Murtala     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Abdulhakeem Amao     Kumbi Titilope     Okanlawon Taiwo     Ilofa     Rihanat Ajia     Mufti Of Ilorin     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Ahmed \'Lateef     Abubakar Ndakene     IESA     Bashiru Makama     Fareedah Dankaka     Ayegbeni     All Peoples Party     Lukman Adeloyin     Vasolar Consortium     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Kwara North     Baba Isale     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Dan Masanin     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Olaitan Adefila     ER-KANG     Raimi Iyanda     Jide Ashonibare     Isiaka Gold     Bolakale Ayo     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Kayode Bankole     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Lawal Jimoh     AGF Abdulrazaq     Dogara     Muritala Awodun     Kumbi Titiloye     Lafiagi     Olatunji Moronfoye     Emir Of Kano     Benin Republic     Niyi Osundare     Saba Jibril     Kwara State Sports Commission     NULGE     Ibrahim Oniye     Atiku Abubakar     Hamidu Olowo     Police Commissioner     Ashiru     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Ifelodun     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Adamu B. Yaqubu     COVID-19 Palliatives     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Nupe     Gobir     Tayo Awodiji     Irepodun     Saka Aleshinloye     Labaeka     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Earlyon Technologies     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Salake     ANCOPPS     Wahab Egbewole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Olawuyi     Usman Alkali Baba     Saka Adeyemo     Yomi Adeboye     Isiaka Danmeromu     Joseph Bamigboye     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Quranic Recitation Competition     Bolaji Aladie     Erubu Oba Zubair     Lanre Issa-Onilu     National Party Of Nigeria     Lawal Olohungbebe     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Okeose Christian Cementary     Sulu Gambari     ARMTI     AbdulGafar Tosho     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     April 11     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Kazeem Gbolagade     Issa Manzuma     Noah Yusuf     Onilu     Amule Elementary School     Alaaya     Kola Bukoye     Azeez Salawu     Buhari     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Usman Rifun     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Shehu Salau     Justina Oha     Doyin Awoyale     Bond     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Hijaab     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Amosa     Ogbondoroko     Bio Ibrahim     Ibrahim Abiodun     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Undergraduate Bursary     Cornelius Fawenu     Ebola     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Oloye     Yomi Ogunsola     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Seni Saraki     Ayo Salami     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Col. Taiwo     Yakubu Shaaba     Abdulwaheed Musa     Mubarak Oladosu     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Christopher Ayeni     Ilofa     Kolawole Bashirat     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     HICA     Face Masks     Afetu Of Alabe     Share     LEAH Charity Foundation     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Iyiola Oyedepo     Mutawali Of Ilorin