The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar has said that the Federal Government will not ban the use of hijab by Muslim women in Nigeria.

The Sultan of Sokoto,Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubaka has said that the Federal Government will not ban the use of hijab by Muslim women in Nigeria.

Sa’ad stated this in Lafia, during the closing of the National Qur'anic Recitation Competition that there was no plan by the government to ban the use of the hijab.

“There is no such plan. The government will not deny Muslim sisters  the use of the hijab.”  But Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu said people have given different meanings to what President Muhammadu Buhari said on the issue of hijab during the last media chat.

Adamu assured Muslim women that hijab has come to stay because according to him, it was a directive from God for women to wear hijab at all times.