Ramadan: CAN kicks against northern states closing schools - Nigeria News Update

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Ramadan: MURIC berates CAN over comments on school closure - Daily Trust

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has berated the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over the latter’s criticism of the closure of schools during Ramadan in four Northern states. The MURIC Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola, on Monday in a statement said that CAN is exhibiting double standard, such that it encouraged a breach of the rights of Muslims who are in the majority in South Western Nigeria while pretending to protect Christian children w…

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Ramadan: Uproar as Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi shut out 11.5m schoolchildren

Rancourous debates have trailed Ramadan ‘holidays’ imposed on public and private schools in some northern states, technically shutting out over 11.5 million pupils from the national school calendar yesterday.

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This unusual decision taken by the authorities of the states of Kano, Katsina, Bauchi and Kebbi led to the closure of the primary and secondary schools on 28 February, and should not reopen until the beginning of April.

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Closing of schools during Ramadan counterproductive

Some states in the north have directed that all schools should be closed during Ramadan. The post Closing of schools during Ramadan counterproductive – CAN appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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Ramadan: CAN kicks against northern states closing schools - Nigeria News Update

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Sunday described the decision by some northern state governments to close all schools throughout the Ramadan fasting period as counterproductive. This was contained in a statement signed by CAN President, Archbishop Daniel...

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This is counterproductive - CAN knocks northern states over Ramadan school closure.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the decision by some northern state governments to close all schools throughout the Ramadan fasting period as counterproductive. This is contained in a statement signed by CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some states in the north, like Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi, have directed that all schools should be closed durin