Posted on: 11:38 Wed, 15 Jun 2016



The Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun
on Tuesday said students who wore
unauthorised cloths to any public
schools in the State would be
expelled henceforth.

Aregbesola stated this at the
commissioning of St Micheal’s
Government Middle School, Ibokun
while reacting to different choir
robes and garments wore to Baptist
High School in Iwo by some
Christian students.

He said it was wrong and criminal
for a section or group of people to
have directed some innocent
students to wear choir robes to
schools against court’s judgment.

He urged whoever was not satisfied
with the judgment to ventilate the
grievance through legitimate means
rather than trying to cause crises
by resorting to self help.

According to him,“Government is
not interested in any religion as
being speculated. My goal is to
improve education standard in the
state.’’

Deputy Governor Titilaoye Tomori,
who doubles as the Commissioner
for Education, said the
inauguration of the school had
confirmed their mission statement
in education.

Tomori said no fewer than 20
elementary, 22 middle and 17 high
schools had either been
commissioned or were at final
stages of commissioning.

State Chairman, Universal Basic
Education Board (SUBEB), Mr Felix
Awofisayo urged people to pay tax
so that government can do more.
Some students of Iwo Baptist High
School wore church garments and
robes to school on Tuesday in
reaction to the court ruling
allowing Muslim female students to
wear veils (hijab) to schools.