
Hijab Crisis: Kwara Reopens Baptist School 4 Months Later
The Government Kwara State on Thursday announced the reopening of Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, for students to resume academic activities after a four-month closure over the crisis caused by the wearing of Hijab.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that on February 3, the state government had shut the school following a crisis between Muslim and Christian parents who stormed the institution to defend their respective faith on the wearing of Hijab by female Muslim students in the school.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs …