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Friday, June 10, 2016

Hijab crisis: Osun CAN orders Christian students to attend classes in church robes

Osun State Christian Association of
Nigeria, OSCAN, has directed all female Christian
students in both primary and secondary schools in
the state to wear their church garments to their
different schools, beginning from Monday.

There was however palpable tension in some
schools in different parts of the State including
Osogbo, the state capital yesterday over the
controversy on the use of hijab by female Muslim
students during school hours.

Christian leaders having realised that Muslim girls
now wear hijab to public schools, agreed that by
next Monday, Christian students will begin to
wear their garments such as those for Boys
Brigade, ushers, Girls Guide, choristers, band
boys, white garments and others.

Smart360news authoritatively gathered that messages
have been sent to churches to mobilise their
members to ensure that their children comply
with this directive.

Already, Director of DSS in the state met
Christian and Muslim leaders separately on
Wednesday pleading for peace.

A judge of Osun State High Court, Justice Jide
Falola had delivered a judgement last Friday in
favour of a case instituted by Osun State Muslim
Community against the State Government on the
right of female Muslim students in public schools
in the state to use hijab on their school uniforms.
Nigerians should hold Aregbesola responsible
— PDP

Meantime, Osun State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, said Nigerians should hold
Governor Rauf Aregbesola responsible, if more
damage is done to the state’s education system
through the brewing crises over wearing of hijab
in public schools by female students.

The party in a statement issued in Osogbo by its
spokesperson, Prince Diran Odeyemi, said
Muslims and Christians in Osun state have
coexisted long before now without crises and
blamed the rising tension on Governor
Aregbesola, whom it accused of planning to
destabilise the state for some political reasons.
”Govt has no hand in the judgment”

In a swift response, the state’s Solicitor General,
Abiola Adewemimo, said; ‘’It has come to the
notice of the State Government that the Christian
Association of Nigeria, CAN alleged that the
judgment of the High Court of the State in favour
of the right of female pupils to wear hijab in
public schools was masterminded by the State
Government.

‘’While we consider this to be unfortunate, we
hasten to remind all religious groups, Christians,
Muslim and traditional religious worshippers that
the Judiciary is an independent arm of
Government that is responsible and not under
the control of the Executive in anyway.

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