Kontagora, 14 March, 2025 / 2:10 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has expressed gratitude to the Niger State Government for reinstating Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) in public schools after over a decade of neglect.
On March 7, Umaru Mohammed Bago, Niger State Governor, announced the re-introduction of CRK in public schools across the State.
In an interview with ACI Africa on the sidelines of the First Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Bishop Bulus said, “The reintroduction of Christian Religious Knowledge is now a permanent policy, and it will be made compulsory for Christian students,”
“We are grateful to the Governor because this is something we have prayed for over the years. It is never too late to take the right step,” the Nigerian Catholic Bishop said during the Wednesday, March 12 interview.
He recalled that “for over 10 to 15 years, no teachers were recruited to teach CRK. Students who studied the subject were either encouraged to switch fields or, upon graduation, assigned to teach other subjects such as integrated science, English, or social studies.”