Nigerians received with great shock and trepidation the news of the relief of a notable broadcaster, Mrs Tinuke Oloruntoyin-Folami from her erstwhile role of a newscaster on Lagos Television (LTV), and turk into the production crew allegedly on the premise of her use of hijab.
This is yet another insult too many – an unjust victimization and persecution of an innocent soul, a disturbing case of gender inequality and discrimination against women.

It is also an unfortunate case of social segregation and radical profiling by people in position of power who have suddenly transformed into ‘colonial Missionaries,’ against the civil service code of her job descriptions. It is a case of fallen a victim to power play by the appointees of government in a democratic dispensation.

I dare ask: who is afraid of hijab? Who is developing high blood pressure because an innocent Muslim lady merely goes about her normal life, peacefully and dutifully? Who wishes to jump into the lagoon because of self-inflicted hatred and rage for other people’s way of life!

Reliable sources from within and outside confirm that Mrs Oloruntoyin-Folami was relieved of her role simply because a few top level management officials suddenly became ‘threatened’, irritated and uncomfortable by her hijab – her normal dress mode which every fan of hers has come to appreciate and identified with.

While her fellow newscasters, Muslims and Non-Muslims alike, attest to her brilliance and excellent performance on the job as a newscaster, it remains a mystery how and why her donning hijab – which she has always adorned – suddenly came to be a source of mortal insecurity to some bigots.

The Big Questions
The situation has indeed, thrown up a challenge of explanation to the Director of News, Ms Siju Alabi and her boss, the General Manager, Mr Deji Balogun for Oloruntoyin-Folami’s teaming fans, on why she was stopped from casting news. The management truly needs to come out and educate the populace how a publicly-funded entity and collective patrimony suddenly becomes the exclusive preserve of a particular faith and or a denomination.

Some of those who have followed the scenario have asked rhetorically, has LTV been handed over to a Christian Missionary establishment for exclusive control just as some schools were handed over in the past?

Some also inquired to be re-assured whether the implementation of the call for total ‘take-over’ of the country by the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye in the wake of the FRC- RCCG impasse has not begun in earnest. Juxtaposed again with the persistent and incendiary call on Christians to resort to self-help by Bishop David Oyedepo in his numerous inciting sermons available online, Shouldn’t the Muslims be asking: ‘Are we safe’?



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Even soldiers are shooting young girls in the north who refuse to stop while dressed in the hijab. This is to tell you that the hijab is now associated with terrorism. No TV channel will want a terrorist broadcasting daily news

Funny set of people why directing your anger to the Christian community and not LTV that relieved her..

Must every action be attributed to religion?

I can't stand a newscaster looking like a female suicide bomber... I will change the channel that same minute

Blizzy9ja:
I can't stand a newscaster looking like a female suicide bomber... I will change the channel that same minute

What value does the hijab add to her newscasting??

The writer should direct the issue to LTV's management and stop roping Christianity into.

One the part "has LTV been handed over to a Christian Missionary establishment for exclusive control just as some schools were handed over in the past?" My question to the writer is the school handed over the Christian Missionary establishments set up with tax payers money?

One of the schools handed back to the Missionaries, happens to be my Alma mater. The secondary school was set up by Irish Nuns way back in 1969 and taken over by the Lagos State government during Jakande's tenure and as expected it was run down, it became a shadow of its old glory.

With Tinubu handing it back to the Catholic Church, the rightful owner, quality has been restored. To even gain admission there now is really tough as the Sisters managing the school have set standards. Tinubu did not "dash" Christians schools but handed them back to the rightful owners!