The Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed all schools in Lagos to allow students to wear hijabs if they want to, in line with the supreme court judgment.
In a circular released on Monday, the governor through the state’s Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, revealed that it is up to the students to decide if they want to wear hijabs or not and if they do, they should not be stopped.
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The circular reads, “It is hereby notified for general information that the Supreme Court Judgement SC.910/2016 delivered on the 17th of June, 2022 on the use of Hijab as it affects Pupils/Students in Lagos State Schools has declared that Students should be allowed to wear the Hijab if desired.
“A comprehensive Guideline on the use of Hijab in Schools will be issued by the State Government in due course, however, you are to note that the judgment is binding on all schools in the State.
“As a law abiding administration, all Accounting Officers are to note the contents of this Circular for immediate compliance and give it the deserved Service-wide publicity.”
The Supreme Court, in June, had approved the upholding of the law allowing the use of hijabs by female Muslim students in schools owned by the Lagos state government.
An appeal by the Lagos state government was dismissed as the court stated that the ban against hijabs violated Muslim students’ right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, the dignity of human persons, and freedom from discrimination guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution.
