ICC Note:

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, blames the Nigerian media for stoking religious tension by posting false information about the replacement of Christian Religious Studies with Islamic Religious Knowledge in Nigerian Secondary Schools. In fact, Adamu says he has done the exact opposite, instead of replacing one for the other, he has made it mandatory for Christians to take Christian Religious Studies and Muslims to take Islamic Religious Studies. In a country that is half Christian and half Muslim, false reporting on issues that affect religious communities is dangerous and could spark violence in a country that has enough tension.

06/22/2017 Nigeria (Premium Times) – The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has blamed the Nigerian media for the controversy surrounding the rumoured replacement of Christian Religious Studies, CRK, with Islamic Religious Knowledge, IRK, in secondary school curriculum.

Reports, mostly in the social media, alleged that the federal government had through the Nigeria Educational Research Development Council, NERDC, made the new changes forcing Christian students to study IRK.

Mr. Adamu said on the contrary, the government simply made the choice of IRK mandatory for Muslim students and CRK mandatory for Christian students.

The minister made the clarification on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, chaired by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

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