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.

Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Lawal Jimoh     Harmony Holdings     PAACO-PCL Consortium     MATTA Girls Foundation     Florence Saraki     Elections     Iyiola Oyedepo     Nurudeen Mohammed     Kayode Issa     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Lai Gobir     Chikanda     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Abdulazeez Uthman     Afetu Of Alabe     Turaki Of Ilorin     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Grillo     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     RTEAN     Oluwole Dupe     Dan-Kazeem     Seed Technologies     Sarah Jubril     Aliyu Alhassan     Ahmad Lawan     Ileloke     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Lotus Bank     Adebara     Valsolar     UITH     Halidu Danbaba     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Sobi Hill     Joseph Bamigboye     Dagbalodo     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Gobir     April 11     PharmAccess Foundation     Ajidagba     Lai Mohammed     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Gambari     Police Commissioner     Elekoyangan     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Chief Of Staff     Usman Alkali Baba     Moronfoye     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     ENetSuD     Olatunde Olukoya     LABTOP     Olofa Of Offa     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Adanla-Irese     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Congress For National Consensus     Teachers Specific Allowance     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Olam Food Ingredients     Gbugbu International Market     Michael Ologundea     Joseph Offorjama     Just Event Online     Olaiya Zuberu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Usman Yunusa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Fatai Olodo     Samari     S.O. Opowoye     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Balikis Jawondo     Ahmad Ali     Simeon Ajibola     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Valsolar     Hamza Usman     Ajase-Ipo     Abubakar Abdulraheem     IDPU     Oko     Joseph Offorjama     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Mufutau Olatinwo     SSUCOEN     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ojuekun Sarumi     Gbajabiamila     Yusuf Badmus     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Minister     Olokoba Sulyman     Bolakale Kawu     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Henry Makinwa     Matthew Babaoye     Adegoke Bamidele     Gbemi Saraki     Maja     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Aisha Gobir     Abdullahi Biffo     Kayode Zubair     Garba Ado Sanni     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Mohammed Yisa     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Oniye     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Adeleke Ogungbe     Gbemisola Saraki     Saliu Tunde Bello     Old Oyo     Bankole Omisore     Tanke     Laboratory-to-Product     Segun Abifarin     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Tunde Kazeem     Bayo Lawal     Shola Odetundun     National Broadcasting Commission     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Shonga     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Kwara Politics     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Arandun     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     IHS     Emir Of Yashikira     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Agor Market     Lanre Badmus     Ileloke     Abdulhakeem Amao     Agor     Hassan Oyeleke     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi