REACTING TO THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS BY SOME NORTHERN STATES GOVERNMENTS, DURING THE RAMADAN PERIOD, THESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN BENIN CITY, CONDEMNED THE ACTION IN ITS ENTIRETY, NOTING THAT NIGERIA IS A SECULAR STATE, ADDING THAT IT DISRUPTS EDUCATION
ON HIS PART, AN ISLAMIC CLERIC WHO’S ALSO A LEGAL PRACTITIONER, AL-AMEEN ALAO, GAVE THE ACTION OF THE GOVERNORS, RELIGIOUS BACKING, CITING THE SHARIAH, AS IT RELATES WITH OBEYING THOSE IN AUTHORITY, AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT CONTRADICT THE PROVISION OF THE QUR’AN
THEY HOWEVER CALLED FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE IN THE AFFECTED STATES BEFORE THE ISSUE GETS OUT OF HAND, AS THERE ARE REPORTS THAT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, CAN, AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS, NANS, ARE GEARING UP FOR PROTESTS ACROSS THE STATES.
