There was a little disruption of peace in the streets of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital in the wee hours of Wednesday, October 15, 2014 as Christians in their numbers from different denominations staged a protest against the recent overtaking of their schools by the state government.
It was learnt that the protestants converged at St James Primary, Junior and Senior Secondary Schools owned by Christ Apostolic Church CAC located at the Yidi road, chanting Christian songs followed by prayers for the state government to surrender the schools which rightfully belong to them.
On the contrary, the senior special assistant on media and communications to the governor, Dr Muideen Akorede in reaction to their action refuted the claims noting that it was nowhere in the agenda of the government to overtake the Christians schools in the state.
According to Vanguard, a check disclosed that the schools were being grant aided by the state government since the year 2006, a development that conferred the ownership status on the government which the Christian communities rose up to reject.
During the peaceful demonstration, different placards were held up high with messages boldly written on them including, ’’ We want our Schools back’’, ’’We are taking back our schools because they belong to us’’, Government should stop grant aiding our schools, we can run them on our own’’, ’’Enough of oppression and injustice, we are taking back our schools, they belong to us’’, ’’Mission Schools belong to us,n we want government to stop grant aiding it,’’ among others.
