FG keeps mum over hijab crisis in Kwara

Date: 2021-03-21

The Federal Government has refrained from making a statement on the controversy over the use of hijab in some schools in Kwara State. The Kwara State government had, last month, ordered the closure of 10 schools, following resurgence of the crisis over the use of hijab.

The affected schools are C&S College, Sabo-Oke; St. Anthony's Secondary School, Offa Road; ECWA School, Oja Iya; Surulere Baptist Secondary School, and Bishop Smith Secondary School, Agba Dam.

Others are CAC Secondary School, Asa Dam Road; St. Barnabas Secondary School, Sabo-Oke; St. John School Maraba; St. Williams Secondary School, Taiwo Isale, and St. James Secondary School, Maraba.

The government set up a committee to look into the controversy and later announced that all public schools should respect the rights of Muslim students to wear the head covering, if they choose to.

But when asked to clarify the role of the Federal Government in finding a lasting solution to the issue, Education Ministry's Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Ben Goong, who disclosed this in an interview with The Guardian yesterday in Abuja, said: "The Ministry of education cannot be reacting to such things.

Education is on the concurrent list. If ministry of education chooses to dabble into every crises in state schools, our heads will break."

An educationist, Uzoma Nzeagwu, argued that there are much more urgent issues in schools than the wearing of hijab.

Nzeagwu explained that the controversy surrounding the wearing of hijab in some schools in Kwara State is largely driven by prejudice.

"Some Muslims feel that their religion compels them to wear hijab because of certain verses in the Qur'an," she said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mufti Of Ilorin     Naira Redesign     Igosun     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Tope Daramola     Towoju     High Court     Kwara State Governor     Omar Gambari     Police Commissioner     Kayode Ibrahim     Hamidu Olowo     KWASIEC     Ajia-Bako     Kwara Pdp     Kwara Central     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Mutawalle     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     CACOVID Palliatives     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Jimba Babatunde     Jebba     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     College Of Health     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Hajj     Patigi Regatta     Salihu Ajia     Student Learning Support Helpline     NITDA     PPS     Balikis Jawondo     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Suleiman Mora Omar     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Aliyu Salihu     David Adesina     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Shehu Alimi Foundation     SSA Youth     Kayode Zubair     Ibrahim Orire     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     COEASU     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Agbarigidoma     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Hakeem Idris     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Elekoyangan     Esinrogunjo     Mansur Alfanla     Salary     Kwara Polytechnic     Public Holiday     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Jimoh Akani     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Kazeem Adekanye     Michael Nzwekwe     Coronavirus     Jide Ashonibare     Bello Oyedepo     Vasolar Consortium     Usman Rifun     Kwara Hotel     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     FOMWAN     Ayo Salami     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Shonga Farm Project    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Playing Host     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     AbdulRahman Saad     Kamoru Kadiri     Idofin     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Saliu Alamoyo     Ahmad Lawan     Kaosarah Adeyi     FERMA     Ayo Adeyemi     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     GAMA     Ilota     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     KWAFFA     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Oyelere Oyinloye     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Vasolar Consultoria     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     GANZY     RTEAN     Garba Dogo     United Nigeria Airline     Buhari     Laolu Saraki     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Bashirat Bola Bello     Titus Ashaolu     Moro     Bankole Omisore     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Lai Mohammed     Rasheed Jimoh     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Shoprite     Yakubu Gobir     Ilesha-Gwanara     Share-Tsaragi     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Mohammed Yisa     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Clara Nwachukwu     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Mohammed Abduraheem     CELF     Yusuf Mubarak     Harmony Holdings     Kwabes     Ahmad Uthman     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Students Union Government     General Hospital     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Ebola     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Oyedepo     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Bayo Ojo     Kunle Akogun     Sambo Murtala     Simeon Sayomi     Tunji Arosanyin     Abdulkareem Alabi     Usman Rifun     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Saka Isau     SGBN     Obasanjo