Six months after the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the use of hijab(head covering veil with their school uniforms) by female Muslim students in schools in Lagos State, the state government has publicly declared to start enforcing the judgment in all schools in the state.

The Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, gave this explanation in a circular issued on Monday, December 5, to all the state political appointees, government’s ministries, agencies and departments including the ministry of education and the Teaching Service Commission, directing them to start compliance with the ruling.

Muri-Okunola, in the circular, Ref No CIR\HOS\’22\20\1\068, said “It’s hereby notified for general information that the Supreme Court Judgment, SC\ 910\2014 delivered on 17th of June 2022 of the use of hijab as affect pupils\students in Lagos state schools has declared that students should be allowed to wear hijab if desired.

“So, a comprehensive guideline on the use of hijab in schools will be issued by the state government in due course, but, you are to note that the judgment is binding on all schools in the state.

“As a law-abiding administration, all accounting officers are to note the contents of the circular for immediate compliance and give it the deserved service-wide- publicity.”

Nigerian Tribune recalls that it is one of the parents of a female Muslim student who was sent away from school because of the use of hijab in school that challenged the action in court.

A Lagos High Court in 2014 ruled against the wearing of hijab in schools, but the decision was overturned by an appellate court in July 2016 and the apex court of the land affirmed the appellate court judgment on June 17, this year.

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Mynd44
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Good for our democracy.

Hmmm..
They can enforce that in public schools,but they shouldn't enforce it in private schools.

You people keep taking MURIC for granted. Haven't you seen that anything they want, they always get ? This judgement covers ALL schools in Lagos whether public or private including Christian schools. It's either MURIC/Sharia way or the highway

Minus Private school sha
Supreme court sef no go wan mad

. That's good development.They deserve to win the case,at least for the sake of morality.If a woman feels she has the right to expose her body in public, I think another woman also has the right to cover her body..

360degreess:
. That's good development.They deserve to win the case,at least for the sake of morality.If a woman feels she has the right to expose her body in public, I think another woman also has the right to cover her body..

Only perverted mind link school children's normal uniform to immorality. how is their school uniform immoral. Na ment? Does it open their bums, chest? You dey mad? Meanwhile, The school children are supposed to be uniform in their wears hence the name, school "uniform". Personally, I dislike those heavy thick clothed hijab on children. I mean these are just children who are supposed to be allowed to breathe, even as they're still growing. They need air in their brain which consumes the most oxygen as a matter of fact. TBH, I have never seen a brilliant young girl on a hijab. The so called Arab culture was just used to subjugate. And Africans are not Arabs. Let that sink in. That's why those Arabs have no innovation nor creative ideas.