The Cross Rivers State Governor Ben Ayade has suspended indefinitely the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education Mrs Anney Odey over order issued banning Morning and afternoon Prayers in primary and Secondary schools without the Governors approval.
Jude Ngaji,the State security adviser to the cross Rivers Governor disclosed her suspension while addressing Journalist on Friday.
Mr Jude Ngaji said in a statement that the Governor was not aware of such directive neither did the permanent secretary pass such information through the Governors office for approval.
“The governor has directed that the permanent secretary be suspended indefinitely while the ban on suspension of devotion has been lifted immediately,It is true that police got intelligence information that Boko Haram is planning to bomb schools during morning devotion and therefore directed authorities in the ministry of education to act fast.But the permanent secretary did not bother to refer to the governor or call for stakeholders’ meeting to that effect.So, the governor feels pained that the permanent secretary got such sensitive information without seeking for his advice and went ahead to issue directive suspending morning devotions in schools,” he said.
The order banning the Morning and afternoon prayers arouse the anger of Christian Association of Nigeria CAN,
Meanwhile the State Police Public Relation Officer,said the commissioner of police have approved 10 minutes daily prayer time for both primary and secondary school,as the state governor appeal to religious leader to neglect the order issued by the Permanent Secretary.
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