Kano To Establish Hisba Academy

Kano state government is completing arrangement to kick start the proposed Hisbah Board Academy, which will serve as training ground for the Hisbah Corps.

The state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje announced this during a visit to the Headquarters of the Hisbah board, stressing that his administration is determined to make the agency more articulated and responsive to the needs of the people.

Ganduje said the state government would soon embark on major civil engineering works at the headquarters of the board, in Kano metropolis, with the aim of providing a more conducive working atmosphere for the workers.

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A statement issued by Director-General, Media and Public Relations of the Governor, Ameen K. Yassar and obtained by Solacebase on Sunday said the projects will entail the completion of some office complex and the re-design and upgrade of the women section of the building, among others.

“Although the Hisbah board is doing very well in terms of protecting societal values and crime prevention, there is the need to encourage its officers to do more, by proving them with working materials and a better working environment”, the governor stated.

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“I am also happy that you are working hand in hand with security agencies to check antisocial activities. This is very commendable. That fact that you intervene in settling family disputes, provide guidance and counselling services, gather intelligence information and engage other positive communal endeavours that security agencies do not handle means that you should be motivated to do more”, he added.

The statement said Governor Ganduje urged the Hisba Corps to maintain cordial relations with security agencies and to keep their enthusiasm alive, in the interest of a refined social order.

Conducting the governor road, the Commander – General of the board, Sheikh Harun Muhammad Thani ibn Sina, requested the governor to complete the abandoned office complex in the agency’s headquarters, upgrade structures at their female section and provide them with more operational vehicles.

He showed the governor a large cache of intoxicating drinks which are confiscated by his men in different parts of Kano, explaining that the suspects arrested with the drinks would soon be charged to court, in line with extant laws of the state.