Aregbesola said this during a roundtable organised by the
Development and Advancement in Western Nigeria (DAWN) in Osogbo, the state
capital.
He challenged those who accused him of ordering the use of
Hijab by Muslims to substantiate their claims.
According to Semiu Okanlawon, the governor’s spokesman,
Aregbesola asked those accusing him of plunging the state into religious crisis
to present a video or voice recording, written speech, stating where he
commanded or ordered female Muslim students to wear Hijab on their uniforms.
“There is nothing religious in any of our policies. The fact
on ground contradicts our opposition’s
claim. The choice of my deputy governor
tells it all, I knew she was a pentecostalist of the highest order before I
picked her. Everything we have done in the line of education is in line with
the resolution of our education summit,” he was quoted as saying.
“Against all speculations, I have not ordered the use of
Hijab, I challenge anybody with evidence to come out and show that I have made
a proclamation on Hijab.
“If I have permitted Hijab, will the Muslim have gone to
court to challenge it, is that not contradictory? Is it a crime that I am a
Muslim? Is it because I struggle to be a good Muslim that everything I do is
being misunderstood? I think I don’t deserve all these lies against me.”
Aregbesola said upon assumption of office, the first task of
his administration was to convene an education summit which was chaired by
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, adding that all interventions of government in
education came from the recommendations of the summit, which did not recommend
any religion.
The Governor tolds participants that his
administration is constructing 100 state-of-the art elementary schools, 50
middle schools and 20 high schools in addition to rehabilitating the existing
ones.
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