General Sani Urges Hisbah To help Fight Drug Abuse

Abbas Yushau Yusuf

Major General Ibrahim Sani has called on Kano State Hisbah to put all hands on deck in ensuring that the menace of drug abuse has come to an end in Kano and Nigeria in general.

Major General Sani made the statement while inspecting equipment purchased by him and installed at Tarauni Hisbah command in Kano Northwestern Nigeria.

General Sani said drug abuse is one of the menaces bedeviling the progress of the society noting that he was impressed with the way and manner he witnessed how Hisbah apprehended drug addicts with the aim of rehabilitating them.

The General said drug addiction results in committing atrocities as such the need to arrest the menace and pledges cooperation with Hisbah to ensure peace is maintained in Kano.

Gen. Sani with Commandant of the Guards in a group Photograph

He urges Hisbah to consider the heterogeneous configuration of the Kano state in ensuring peaceful co-existence noting that Islam is a religion that encourages peaceful coexistence among the adherents of other religions as such General Sani calls on them to promote living in harmony with different religious groups in Kano.

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In a remark, the Hisbah commandant Tarauni Local Government command Sheikh Danbaiwa thanked  Major General Sani for the gesture.

Sheikh Danbaiwa told General Sani that one of the great works of Hisbah is enjoining what is good and forbidden what is evil.

According to sheik Danbaiwa, Major-General Sani has renovated the office very well by installing computers and furnishing the offices.

The commandant opened the meeting with the recitation of the last three verses of the chapter of Al-Kahaf, Chapter 18 of the glorious Quran.