Commander-General (CG) of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Daura says the next batch of the free mass wedding programme in the state would feature interested members of professional bodies.
Grassroots Parrot recalled that the board had recently conducted free mass wedding for about 1, 800 couples “as part of palliative measures”.
Speaking with newsmen in Kano on Thursday, Sheikh Daura said preparations are in top gear for the fresh batch of the mass wedding exercise.
According to him, the board has offered 50 free slots to journalists and media workers after its resolve to include interested members of professional groups and trade unions in the programme.
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“We have given 50 slots to journalists and other members of the media who are interested in participating in the mass wedding programme,” he said.
The Hisbah Commander-General added that the board would also include legal practitioners and health workers in the next batch of the exercise following the success it recorded in the previous exercise.
Sheikh Daurawa clarified that the essence of the mass wedding program is to entrench moral values in the society and reduce immorality among young men and women.
He also hinted about the board’s move to establish Hisbah Academy in collaboration with Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK), Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Aminu Kano College of Islamic Legal Studies.
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“Hisbah board has collaborated with Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK), Aminu Kano College of Islamic Legal Studies, Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education and the department of Islamic studies to establish a Hisbah Academy.”
“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.” He added.
