The Commander General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa has announced that in the upcoming mass wedding in the state, 50 women have been allocated for journalists to have their loved ones participate if they desire.
The Commandant General, who spoke to newsmen today, May 2, said that the board has decided to extend the invitation to interested members of professional groups and trade unions. The last mass wedding recorded about 1,800 couples.
Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa said: “we have allocated 50 slots to journalists and other members of the media who are interested in participating in the mass wedding program.”
He said that the board would also include legal practitioners and health workers in the next exercise.
The Commandant General said that the essence of the mass wedding program is to entrench moral values in society and reduce immorality among young men and women.
Sheikh Daurawa called on Hisbah personnel across the 44 local government areas of the state to re-commit themselves to the job or resign.
He reminded them that Hisbah management has since provided written guidelines to help operatives understand their roles and responsibilities.
He said that the Hisbah board has collaborated with Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK), Amine Kano College of Islamic Legal Studies, Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education and the Department of Islamic Studies at Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to establish a Hisbah Academy.
He said that when established, the Hisbah Academy would be an institution where formal knowledge and skills pertaining to Hisbah work would be taught and certificates would be awarded to its graduates.
