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Hijab Controversy: Normalcy Returns Back To Ilorin
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Hijab Controversy: Kwara govt finally reopens schools
The state government had shut down 10 schools which opposed the use of the hijab
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Kwara State Government has reopened the 10 schools in Ilorin shut last month over the use of hijab by Muslim female students.
This was disclosed in a statement by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday night.
Mrs Adeosun said the schools would reopen on Wednesday, March 17.
“The government is convinced that its policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijaab (face covering) in public schools will lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and understanding.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the schools were closed on Feb. 19 over misunderstanding in the usage of Hijab (Islamic female veil) in public schools.
The government set up a committee to resolve the dispute and later asked the schools to resume on March 8 with willing female students allowed to use the Hijab.
The government, however, rescinded its decision to reopen the schools over safety concerns as some christians were averse to the decision.
This led to the continuous closure of the schools until when the government announced the reopening in the wee hours of Wednesday (March 17).
NAN reports that it violence was recorded at Surulere Baptist Secondary School where Christians were singing gospel songs while Muslims were also chanting Arabic songs.
By Hammed Shittu
Kwara state government on Wednesday directed ten schools recently closed down over the controversy that trailed the wearing of Hijab to resume normal.classes ahead of their West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The affected schools are C&S College Sabo Oke, St. Anthony College, 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.
In a statement issued in Ilorin signed by the Permanent Secretary of the state ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Mary Kemi Adeosun stated that, “The government is convinced that its policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijaab in public schools will lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and unders
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