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The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State has warned tutor-generals, principals and teachers to respect the court judgement granting the right to wear hijab in public schools owned by the Lagos State Government.

Saheed Ashafa, the President of the Society said this in a press release made available to The Rezponder ahead of Monday, September 19th resumption of students in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State.‎

Ashafa appealed that students should neither be punished, intimidated, harassed nor victimised for wearing hijab on their school uniforms both within and outside school premises.‎

Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Thursday, July 21, 2016 granted the right to wear hijab in all public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State.
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The Court of Appeal Justices – Ali Gumel, Modupe Fasanmi, Adamu Jauro, Joseph Ikyegh and Cordelia Jombo-Ofo – unanimously interpreted that sections 38 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) guarantees the fundamental human right of wearing hijab.


Reminding the education stakeholders that the right to wear hijab has been granted in Lagos State-owned public schools, Ashafa said,
“We plead that all the stakeholders in education should be law abiding and practicalise what they have been teaching us as students. A situation where a principal or teacher will be seen punishing, threatening, assaulting or harassing a student for wearing hijab, after the judiciary has granted it, will amount to not only contempt of court but a betrayal of literacy, ridiculing of education and an abuse of reasoning.”
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Ashafa subsequently counselled the students to be modest and polite in dealing with some of their teachers that may want to violate their rights.‎
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“Though, we do not expect any teacher to act to the contrary, if they do, we urge our members to ensure that they resist removing the hijab with their own hands. They should ensure, the teacher or overzealous principal or tutor-general does. While any of the education stakeholders does that, they should be prepared for legal and mass actions as the case may be, He said.
He concluded by advising the students that encounter challenges in exercising their fundamental right of putting on the hijab to contact the organisation.


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Respect Court Ruling on Hijab, Students Warn TGs, Principals, Others


The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State has warned tutor-generals, principals and teachers to respect the court judgement granting the right to wear hijab in public schools owned by the Lagos State Government.
Saheed Ashafa, the President of the Society said this in a press release made available to The Rezponder ahead of Monday, September 19th resumption of students in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State.‎

Ashafa appealed that students should neither be punished, intimidated, harassed nor victimised for wearing hijab on their school uniforms both within and outside school premises.‎

Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Thursday, July 21, 2016 granted the right to wear hijab in all public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State.
‎
The Court of Appeal Justices – Ali Gumel, Modupe Fasanmi, Adamu Jauro, Joseph Ikyegh and Cordelia Jombo-Ofo – unanimously interpreted that sections 38 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) guarantees the fundamental human right of wearing hijab.

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Reminding the education stakeholders that the right to wear hijab has been granted in Lagos State-owned public schools, Ashafa said,

“We plead that all the stakeholders in education should be law abiding and practicalise what they have been teaching us as students. A situation where a principal or teacher will be seen punishing, threatening, assaulting or harassing a student for wearing hijab, after the judiciary has granted it, will amount to not only contempt of court but a betrayal of literacy, ridiculing of education and an abuse of reasoning.”
‎‎
Ashafa subsequently counselled the students to be modest and polite in dealing with some of their teachers that may want to violate their rights.‎
‎
“Though, we do not expect any teacher to act to the contrary, if they do, we urge our members to ensure that they resist removing the hijab with their own hands. They should ensure, the teacher or overzealous principal or tutor-general does. While any of the education stakeholders does that, they should be prepared for legal and mass actions as the case may be, He said.

He concluded by advising the students that encounter challenges in exercising their fundamental right of putting on the hijab to contact the organisation.


Read more http://rezponder.com/respect-court-ruling-on-hijab-students-warn-tgs-principals-others/

Nigeria is currently ranked 169 out of 189 countries by the World Bank, according to the Bank’s 2016 Ease of Doing Business report.
President Buhari told the session attended by several African leaders, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and international business executives that his administration’s vision and objective is to make Nigeria one of the top investment destinations in the world, within the shortest possible time.

To achieve this the FG need to diversify the economy from the economy that is highly dependent on oil revenues (90% of exports and 75% of tax revenue),improve the refining capacity,work on Ethnic and religious tensions and negative impact on the business climate from insecurity and corruption.


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