“Allow our girls wear hijab to school” – Islamic Leaders beg Ambode

The Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO,
has made a passionate plea to Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state to allow
Muslim girls wear hijab to schools.
This comes after the former Governor of
Lagos, Babatunde Fashola had banned the
use of hijab in all Lagos public schools,
forcing the muslim community to sue the state
government over the issue.
During a courtesy visit on the Lagos
Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr.
Abdullateef Abdulkareem on Tuesday, they
pleaded for a reserve of the order.
Coordinator, CIO, Alhaji Abdullahi Shuaib said
one of the thing they demanded from Ambode
before he became governor was to protect
religious freedom, saying that all over the
world, muslim women were distinct because of
hijab they normally wore.
He said when hijab was outlawed in Lagos
school, the freedom of the female Muslims
was breached, saying that it was as if
government was at war with the Muslim
community.
“This issue is very critical and the Lagos State
Government should look at it critically.
Muslims have ways of life which cannot be
taken away from them, which is to use hijab,”
he said, adding that even in advanced
countries, Muslims were not restricted from
using hijab.
He appealed to the commissioner to prevail on
the governor to allow Muslim girls wear hijab
to school.
Speaking, Abdulhakeem said he would present
their demands to the Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode.