The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has expressed surprise that Christian pupils in the state schools are not allowed to study Christian Religious Knowledge.
The governor, who received the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state in his office in Minna, directed the Commissioner for Education to look into the matter and report back within two weeks.
“This is not acceptable. What happen to Christian pupils when their Muslin colleague are doing IRK? Will they be playing?
“Commissioner for Education should look into the matter and report back on within two weeks.”
The leadership of CAN had drew the attention of the governor to non-teaching of Christian Religious Knowledge in public schools in the state.
CAN therefore appealed to the governor address the anomalies, reminding him that such attitude has been denying Christian children basic knowledge of their faith.
The state Chairman of the association, Rev. Mathias Echoda, told the governor that Christians in the state had embarked on a week-long fasting and prayer that will climax on Sunday.
“We have been praying for our state and for our nation. Christians in the state have been praying since Monday and by Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we will converge at First ECWA Church to round off the week-long spiritual session.” [myad]
