The Cross River State government has indefinitely suspended the
Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Education Anne Odey,
who last week released a statement suspending all forms of
morning devotion in schools across the country.
The State Security Adviser (SSA) to Governor Ben Ayade, Jude
Ngaji who made this known to newsmen yesterday in Calabar,
explained that indeed the state police commissioner, Henry Fadairo,
had contacted the state ministry of Education about a possible
attack by Boko haram members during early morning and afternoon
devotions in various schools.
Ngaji said the permanent secretary unilaterally took the decision of
suspending the age long practice of morning devotions in the state,
without consulting the state governor.
"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 devotions 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.
He added that the governor is a strong believer in God and will not
do anything that will prevent people from worshiping God.
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