Reps Demand Ban On Immoral Educational Materials

House of Representatives has urged the Federal, State and Local Governments to place a total ban on the local production, importation and use of any educational material that promotes immoral acts such as Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in schools across the country.

This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Sulaiman Abubakar Gumi, the member representing Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency of Zamfara State at plenary on Thursday.

Moving the motion, Gumi expressed concern over the influx of foreign educational materials introduced in Nursery and Primary schools in Nigeria which tend to teach and promote certain morals that are alien and inimical to Nigeria’s cherished norms and values.

He also expressed worry that the widely used book, ‘Queen Primer’ subtly introduces terms ‘gay’, ‘eros’, among others that commonise sexual perversion and immoral behaviours.

These, the lawmakers said, expose innocent children to terms inappropriate for their age, which is unlawful, unethical, highly immoral and antithetical to child upbringing.

Gumi said, “Cognisant of the need to instil and protect moral values in children and society at large by resisting the use of educational materials that teach or promote any form of alien behaviour which violates the laws and moral values in all educational institutions, especially in the nursery and primary schools.”