Law graduate wins battle to wear wig and hijab
Publish date: 16 July 2018
Issue Number: 782
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Nigeria
A Nigerian law graduate has finally been called to the Bar months after she was blocked from attending the ceremony for insisting on wearing a hijab, notes a BBC News report. The body in charge of admitting graduating law students had said Amasa Firdaus was breaking the dress code. Firdaus said her rights were being violated. The Ilorin University graduate wore a wig on top of her headscarf at last week's ceremony for 1 550 students in the capital, Abuja. The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria welcomed the news of her graduation, saying the Nigerian law school 'has shown enough maturity'.
