By BASHIR ADEFAKA
The Kano State Hizbah Board is not a political party and must not be associated with any such thing.
This statement was credited to Commandant-General of the religious police, Sheikh Aminuddeen Ibrahim Daurawa.
According to Aminuddeen, staff of the Board should desist from associating the institution to any of the political parties in the state.
Describing the operations of the Hizbah Board as non-political, he stressed that their work was ordained by Almighty Allah and would be rewarded by Him in the hereafter.
The Commandant-General’s remarks may not be unconnected to the existing political divide in the state, which sometimes results that certain institutions and agencies of government are perceived to be closer to one party than the other.
Daurawa spoke during a thanksgiving prayer session organized to appreciate the Governor’s triumph at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, held at the headquarters of the command.
He assured the staffers that the Board would continue with its assigned roles of fighting immoral attitudes and other social vices in the predominantly Islamic society of Kano, while imploring the people of the state to shun vices and immoral activities to avoid being embarrassed.
He also announced plans to establish two additional departments in the Board, namely; Hisbah Academy, which would train the Board’s corps for an award of diploma and NCE certificates from Aminu Kano College of Legal Studies, and Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano.
He explained that the other proposed department is the marriage counselling department , which would be assigned the task of pre- marital counselling of couples so that they can enjoy a successful marriage.
Earlier speaking, the Hisbah Director General, Abba Sa’id Sufi expressed delight at the victory of Governor at Supreme Court and observed that the beneficiaries of the mass wedding program were loyal and had prayed fervently for his victory at the court.
