EVERY HISBAH OFFICER IS A PEACE AND SECURITY AMBASSADOR IN HIS COMMUNITY.(PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Press Release: Every Hisbah Officer Is a Peace and Security Ambassador in His Community. Kano State Governor Alh.Abba Kabir Yusuf has reaffirmed the determination of his administration to ensure security and peace for the protection of lives and property across the state. The Governor, represented by the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Sheikh Ahmad Tijjani Sani Auwal, made the commitment during a stakeholders meeting on the contribution of shari'a sector institutions toward promoting peace and security in Kano State. The meeting was organized by the Kano State Hisbah Board and held at the Coronation hall Government House, Kano. He emphasized that security is a collective responsibility and urged the Hisbah Board to focus more on providing intelligence reports to conventional security agencies, rather than limiting efforts to moral enforcement alone. The Governor also called on the Zakkat and Endowment Commission to develop a structured system for collecting zakkat from w...
The Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed,said 40 Nigerian Festival Managers have been trained by the British Council on the maanagement of festivals for economic gains,under the Memorandum of Understanding {MoU} signed by the Ministry and the Council.The Minister made the disclosure in Abuja on thursday when he received the British High Commissioner to Nigeria,Mr Paul Arkwright,on a courtesy visit to his office.''The MoU we signed with the British Council in Edinburgh last year has started yielding some fruits.In February,we had the first training of forty Festival Managers in collaboration with the British Council.This is the first time that we are having this kind of collaboration between the British Council and the Ministry.These Festival Managers,on the successful completion of their training,have been assured that they will also be attached to various festivals all over the world where they will understudy the technical,financial and management aspects of festivals because we look at our culture and heritage as another area where we can diversify the economy'',he said.Alhaji Mohammed said Nigeria has commenced discussion with Britain on how the country can learn from the British experience in combating the piracy of intellectual property in order to adequately monetize the creative industry in Nigeria.He also reiterated the commitment of the present administration to the ease of doing business in Nigeria,particularly in adopting a flexible visa regime that will ensure easy access to the country by investors,tourists and journalists.
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