Return schools to missionaries, Archbishop tells govt

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Martins has asked the federal and state governments to return missionary schools to their original owners.

Martins, at the 30th anniversary of Jesuit Education, on Saturday in Lagos said returning missionary schools will be best for the education system in the country.

He said, “In Kwara State, i understand the school crisis did start because the Christians asked that their schools be handed back to them. And rather than the judgement being given on that particular issue, the judgement is now being given in an extraneous matter to the issue which is now creating the problem.

“i certainly believe that if the schools were handed back to the original owners, the kind of values that we used to have that were so present in children that pass through their schools will be restored. Look at the schools that have been returned to the owners in Lagos State for example, we can see the difference in the schools that were handed over compared with the way they were before. One can only hope that the government of Kwara state will recognize the fact that it cannot do it alone”.