Lagos State Government yesterday before an Ikeja High Court
pleaded for more time to settle out of court over its ban on wearing of Hijab
by female Muslim students in the state's primary and secondary schools.
Praying for more time to resolve the issue, Mr. Samuel Ajanaku
told the court that the delay from the government to work out a reasonable term
of settlement and present same to the court was due to bureaucracy in the
system.
He therefore urged the presiding judge, Justice Modupe Onyeabo to grant further adjournment to enable both parties conclude on the settlement terms.
The Muslim Student Association of Nigeria (MSSN) had dragged the state government to court over the ban, maintaining that the ban by the state violates their fundamental human rights.
The applicants are also contending that banning female students from using Hijab on or outside the premises of any educational institution in Lagos State "is wrongful and unconstitutional".
When the matter came up yesterday, counsel to the MSSN, Lagos State Area Unit, Mr. Adetola Kasim (SAN), asked the court to proceed for the hearing of the case, since according to him, the State Government had not responded to a proposal for terms of settlement sent since July, 2013.
Adetola urged the judge to let the case proceed as it is of high public interest which cannot wait any longer.
The state through its counsel however, pleaded for further adjournment, claiming that the terms are currently at the office of the governor.
Justice Onyeabo however granted the application and adjourned the case till December 19 for report on settlement.
He therefore urged the presiding judge, Justice Modupe Onyeabo to grant further adjournment to enable both parties conclude on the settlement terms.
The Muslim Student Association of Nigeria (MSSN) had dragged the state government to court over the ban, maintaining that the ban by the state violates their fundamental human rights.
The applicants are also contending that banning female students from using Hijab on or outside the premises of any educational institution in Lagos State "is wrongful and unconstitutional".
When the matter came up yesterday, counsel to the MSSN, Lagos State Area Unit, Mr. Adetola Kasim (SAN), asked the court to proceed for the hearing of the case, since according to him, the State Government had not responded to a proposal for terms of settlement sent since July, 2013.
Adetola urged the judge to let the case proceed as it is of high public interest which cannot wait any longer.
The state through its counsel however, pleaded for further adjournment, claiming that the terms are currently at the office of the governor.
Justice Onyeabo however granted the application and adjourned the case till December 19 for report on settlement.
1 comment:
It is time for us in Nigeria to reality as Nigerians .... not as any other "ians" around the world. Let's call a spade a spade. Let's stop deceiving each other. This type of hijab has nothing with any school activities in primary, secondary and tertiary. Neither does it in Universities or any other advance institutions. This is nothing but partial injunction to the human rights as there's nothing to justify this action. In Christianity there's nothing one can do to deny a catholic sister from being veiled. You see, law in its nature does not permit any sort of sentiment in its enactment even it is among its principles that law is made for generality and at the same for the person of criminal to whom the act of indecency is ascribed, not to be made for a certain person or targeting set of race, people or religion. This is reason why law is mostly made as a result of and to procure occurrences since no occurrence without reason, only reasons need to be vetted with logical views, consistency and neutrality for the law to be worth of respect and order. Tell me reasons behind this hijab in school what are the bad effects this brings to anybody in the learning environment; to the teachers, to the co-pupils/students or to the environment itself? This is hijab not Niqab ( because it is in Niqab you say you don't the person under the veil while the nature of Niqab has it well with knowing the person under the cover. Meanwhile, we are still expecting people's reasons behind this move to be digested. Thanks.
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