Kano
state government would readily accept any proposed law, presented to it
by consensus of the state Ulama, which aims at addressing social vices
and promote the living standard of the indigenes, and pass same to the
state House of Assembly for ratification.
The
state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje stated this during the
inauguration of committees on Social Reforms in Kano, by the Emir of
Kano, Malam Muhammdu Sanusi II, at Bayero University, Kano.
Dr.
Ganduje said because of the sensitivity of religious conviction and the
orientation of Kano people, his government, being a populist
administration, would not want to enact any edict affecting their lives
without consulting religious leaders because of their standing in the
society.
Consequently,
the governor urged the main and sub committees on Social Reforms in the
state to come up with advice and recommendations that would help the
state and the country to permanently address critical social problems
family issues, education and moral decadence among others.
“Many
problems such as rampant cases of divorce, illiteracy and poverty are
facing our society today. We must, therefore, put our hands together to
ensure a refined social order, in line with the tenets of our religion”,
the governor maintained.
He
assured that the state government in collaboration with Kano Emirate
Council and the religious scholars would continue to work hand-in-hand
to ensure the state crusade against social vices succeeds.
He added that education is central focus of the state government in finding solutions to these problems.
Earlier, inaugurating the committees, Emir Muhammad Sanusi II, urged them to identify
contemporary problems and to study and interpret the teachings of Islam
in the context of the intellectual and scientific progress of the
modern world, in order to assist the Kano society to live according to
the teachings of Islam.
The
Emir, who decried the high rate of divorce in the society, increasing
cases of early child marriages leading to Vesico Vaginal Fistula, VVF,
illiteracy and poverty in the society urged the committees to expand
research into these and other areas, with a view to facilitating moral
rebirth in the state.
Malam
Sanusi, who was specifically irked by the incessant cases of divorce in
the state, urged the government to enact legislations that will make
divorce strenuous as well as set standard for giving out female children
in marriage, as obtained in other Muslim countries.
He
also advised the state government to evolve ways of generating revenue
so that it can embark upon more people - oriented programmes such as
providing conditional grants to poor parents, to enable them permit
their female children to acquire education.
The
Pro Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the University, Alhaji Yayale
Ahmad and Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, respectively, thanked the state
government and Kano Emirate for supporting the university's in its
determination to map out strategies to rid the state of social problems.
Others
who spoke during the occasion including Professor Ishaq Oloyode, Shaikh
Ibrahim Khalil and Malam Abdul-Wahab Abdallah stressed the need for
Muslims to be selfless, to strengthen their unity, pay more attention to
education and change their ways to ensure a wholesome Muslim ummah.
The
25 – man main committee which comprises religious scholars,
academicians, technocrats and opinion leaders is headed by the Chief
Imam of Kano, Emeritus Professor Muhammad Sani Zahraddeen with Professor
Salisu Shehu as Secretary.
Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye, fnge, mni
Director General, Media and Communications,
to the Executive Governor of Kano state,
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