Oyedepo warns FG against forcing Islamic Studies on Christian students

- Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church spoke after an emergency meeting
of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN)
- The PFN also warned the federal government against the educational policy of removing CRK as a stand-alone subject Bishop David Oyedepo, the general overseer of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel has issued a strict warning to the federal government. Oyedepo’s warning concerns the controversial introduction of Islamic Studies to schools’ curriculum and the merging of the Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) with other subjects. The clergyman warned against compelling secondary school students of Christian backgrounds to offer Islamic Studies. Speaking after an emergency meeting of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Lagos on Thursday, June 29, Oyedepo said the government does not have the right to force any student to study a particular subject. He said stopping Christian Religion Knowledge in secondary schools meant that it would not be encouraged in tertiary institutions.