Osun state government has denied threatening to expel Christian students.
Spokesman of the government, Semiu Okanlawon said the reports circulating round that the state government plans to expel Christian Students are false.
Semiu said “The state government never threatened to expel Christians, it is very unfortunate that we have been accused wrongly, what we said was that any student found violating school rules and regulations will be expelled, whether the person is a Muslim or Christian.”
The Government spokesman further revealed that students who are Christians are also allowed to cover their heads, Semiu said ”I am aware that some churches do not permit their members who are female to open their hair, they can also come with their beret to school, after all some school uniforms use beret, the fact is Hijab only aids decency and since a court of repute has decided, the normal thing is to appeal the decision, a student going to school on Robe does not go well, Beret can be said to be Hijab, it harms no one.”
Semiu described the situation in Osun state as similar to what happened in Lagos state where Muslims were barred by the Court from wearing Hijab to School “Why did Muslims not Violate the rule?” he quipped.
“We have no plan to expel anyone, we were only misinterpreted, what we referred to are school laws, saying we meant Christians is wrong” Semiu concluded.
Osun state has been in crisis since a court ruling legalizing wearing of Hijabs in Public Schools.
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has contested this decision and ordered students who are Christians to put on Church Robes and Garments to school.
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