{"id":712,"date":"2021-02-20T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=712"},"modified":"2021-02-20T08:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T07:00:39","slug":"hijab-controversy-kwara-govt-directs-closure-of-10-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/20\/hijab-controversy-kwara-govt-directs-closure-of-10-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Hijab controversy: Kwara govt directs closure of 10 schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kwara State Government yesterday ordered the immediate closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of the controversy surrounding the use of Hijab in the affected schools.<\/p>\n<p>The schools, according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, include Cherubim and Seraphim (C&amp;S) College, Sabo Oke; St. Anthony College, Offa Road; ECWA School, Oja Iya; Surulere Baptist Secondary School and Bishop Smith Secondary School, Agba Dam.<\/p>\n<p>Also affected are CAC Secondary School, Asa Dam; St. Barnabas Secondary School, Sabo Oke; St. John\u2019s School, Maraba; St. Williams Secondary School, Taiwo Isale and St. James Secondary School, Maraba.<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Secretary said a government committee comprising representatives of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/01\/31\/muric-backs-tinubu-for-2023-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim<\/a> and Christian communities would meet to iron out the differences between the two religious communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment calls for calm and urges parents and religious leaders to avoid actions or comments that may further split the two communities,\u2019\u2019 Adeosun stated.<\/p>\n<p>The, former Secretary of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kwara state chapter, Olusola Ajolore has criticised this, questioning the rationale for the closure after a very long time at home due to the COVID-19 lock-down.<\/p>\n<p>The ban on the use of Hijab in some missionary secondary schools in Kwara has dominated public discourse in the state lately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kwara State Government yesterday ordered the immediate closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of the controversy surrounding the use of Hijab in the affected schools. 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