Don't impose beret or hijab on students, Kwara govt warns principals

Date: 2022-01-24

Kwara State Government has warned school principals in the state to desist from imposing the wearing of hijab (female Muslim headscarf) or beret on any student.

The warning came on the heels of fresh controversy on the wearing of hijab in some Christian Schools; Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo and St Claire's Girls Secondary School, Offa in Oyun, and Offa Local Government Area respectively.

Speaking at a meeting held at the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission in Ilorin, Chairman of the Commission, Mallam Bello Abubakar, reaffirmed the determination of the government to promote religious tolerance among teachers and students and enhance peaceful coexistence.

According to a statement signed by Peter Amogbonjaye, Press Secretary in TESCOM, the meeting was held with the aim of resolving the crisis over Hijab which erupted recently, at Oyun Baptist Grammar School, Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Bello reminded the gathering that Kwara State is a state of harmony and advised everyone to remain good ambassadors for the coming generation.

The Chairman, who warned that the present administration would not tolerate religious bigotry, enjoined all to shun religious sentiments and respect the rights of individuals.

"He thereafter warned the Principals in Oyun axis to abide by the policy of the Kwara State Government and desist from imposing Hijab on any student, instead, it should be made optional," part of the statement read.

Lending his voice at the meeting, a Permanent Member of the Commission, Mallam Suleiman Danseko, urged the principals across the state to shun hypocrisy and religious bias in discharging their legitimate duties.

Also speaking, the President of All Nigeria Confederation of Secondary School Principals, Kwara State wing, Alhaji Toyin Abdullahi, expressed his displeasure over the development and urged all the principals to maintain religious neutrality in resolving any issue in their schools.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saidu Yaro Musa     NaAllah     Ishaq Salman     Esuwoye     Emir Of Shonga     Rafiu Ajakaye     Ahmed     Bayo Lawal     Saka Adeyemo     Kassim Babamale     Shururat Olatinwo     Senate Presidency     Emir Of Kano     Afonja     Saba Jibril     Amoyo     Ghali Muhammed     Issa Oloruntogun     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Yomi Adeboye     Shuaib Olarongbe     Amuda Bembe     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Local Government     Peculiar Allowance     Kwha.gov.ng     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Hajj     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Azeez Bello     Mutawalle     Oke-Oyi     IFK     Tafidan Kaiama     Ubandoma     Amos Sayo     Oladimeji Thompson     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Noah Yusuf     07039448763     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Hussein Olokooba     Tunde Saad     Yoonus Lawal     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Minimum Wage     Busari Alabi Alausa     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Yusuf Lawal     Doyin Agbamu     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Ibrahim Taiwo     VADA     Sardauna     Unilorin FM     Kumbi Titiloye     Ilorin Amusement Park     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Ibrahim Bio     Basit Olatunji     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     GRA     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Samari     Kwara NIPR     Budo-Egba     Adamu Atta     Lawal Jimoh     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Segun Adeniyi     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Ibrahim Abiodun     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Amuda Aluko    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ilofa     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Bio Ibrahim     Shehu Adaramaja     Ilorin Metro Park     Cassava Growers\' Association     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Bamikole Omishore     Aso Ofi     Sulaiman Gado     Senate     Communication Network Support Services     Galland Marcias     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Patigi Regatta     Ifelodun     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Ojuekun Sarumi     Convocation Ceremonies     Bashir Adigun     Toyosi Thomas     Kwara Volleyball Association     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Okin Biscuit     Kwara Pdp     20 Billion Bond     Yusuf Abubakar     Tunde Kazeem     Iliasu     NNPP     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Funmilayo Zubair     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Tosho Yaqub     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     COVID     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Bola Olukoju     Khairat Gwadabe     Ojo Fadumila     Kwara Hotel     Elerinjare     Segun Abifarin     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ajakaye     Ridwan Agboola     Overland     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Kwara University Of Education     Baba Issa     Old Oyo     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Mohammed Abdulahi     Sebastine Obasi     Kassim Babamale     Mufti Of Ilorin     Bilikisu Gambari     Binta Abubakar Mora     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Towoju     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Bond     Tayo Alao     Lola Ashiru     Frootify     Neo Mundo Ltd     Halidu Danbaba     Adekunle David Dunmade     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria