Posted on: 10:11 Fri, 30 Oct 2015



Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River
State has given a directive that
henceforth no public or private
primary and secondary school in the
state should hold morning or
afternoon prayers.

The governor also directed that all
teachers with effect from next year
must be in suits during official
hours.

A letter signed by the Permanent
Secretary in the state Ministry of
Education, Mrs Anne O. Odey, dated
October 21, said the suspension of
prayers will subsist till further
notice.

The directive which was sent to all
zonal heads in the state said, “the
ministry hereby directs all public
and private primary and secondary
schools across the state to suspend all
assemblies (morning and afternoon)
till further notice.”

All school heads were directed to
comply strictly or risk sanctions.

In a reaction, the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) signed
by Archbishop J. E. Ukpo and Apostle
Iwara Oleh Obeten, state chairman
and secretary respectively, said such
directive was completely
unacceptable.

CAN said the directive will
negatively affect the upbringing of
children and urged the state
government to immediately
withdraw same.

Source: DailyTrust