{"id":152348,"date":"2022-02-22T15:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T14:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=152348"},"modified":"2022-02-22T15:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T14:04:31","slug":"hijab-our-stand-based-on-law-respect-for-pluralism-says-kwara-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/hijab-our-stand-based-on-law-respect-for-pluralism-says-kwara-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Hijab: Our stand based on law, respect for pluralism, says Kwara govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Governor of Kwara state has faulted attempts by some\u00a0fifth columnists to polarise the state along religious lines, using the issue of hijab in public schools \u201cas a smokescreen to advance their evil intent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor also stated that\u00a0Kwara State is a plural society whose diversity and peaceful coexistence as the southernmost northern state are its most unique selling points.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement titled, \u2018Our Stand On Hijab Based On Law, Respect for Pluralism,\u2019 signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part, \u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, the Governor maintains the earlier position of the state government on the question of hijab as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on subsisting Court judgments which were built on the Constitution, federal and state laws, principle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/10\/north-declares-readiness-for-restructuring-but-rejects-rotational-presidency\/\">pluralism<\/a>, and sanctity of the right of every person to their identity, especially in public space, the use of hijaab in public schools is a constitutional right that the government shall protect for anyone and everyone willing to use it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s strategic patience in the handling of delicate matters involving the people it swore to protect is not same as pandering to anyone\u2019s whims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the Governor stands firmly by government\u2019s policy on the permissibility of hijaab for every Muslim girl child who desires to wear it in all public schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor appeals to the people of the state to not allow agents of fake news and disinformation to mislead them and set them against one another. 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