Tag: Kano State Government

Kano Govt. to commit 10% Of 2022 Budget towards improving social protection policy

Aminu Imam

Khadijah Bawas The Kano State government has pledged to commit more resources to improve social protection policy in its 2022 Budget. The Focal person of the Expanding Social Protection For Inclusive Development (ESPID), Richard Musa, stated this during a workshop organised by the Expanding Social protection and Inclusive Development for journalists, which was held at Tahir Guest palace, Kano. He said the State government had developed interest in social protection policy with the just-concluded Child Development and Growth Programme, (CDGP), which operated for nine years in the State. “The State…

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Kano bans unauthorised sale, renting of houses over insecurity

Aminu Imam

Kano State government yesterday declared that no property should be sold or rented out to any individual or group until there is clearance given by a District Head or his representatives. This was contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Kano secretary to the State government, (SSG), Musa Tanko Muhammad. Muhammad said the measure is to keep the lives and property of Kano residents safe. “Government has directed that no house, property or land should be rented out or sold to any individual or group without…

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Kano bans unauthorised sale, renting of houses over insecurity

Aminu Imam

Kano has stated that no property should be sold or rented out to any individual or group until there is clearance given by a District Head or his representatives. This was contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Kano secretary to the State government, (SSG), Musa Tanko Muhammad. Muhammad said the measure is to keep the lives and property of Kano residents safe. “Government has directed that no house, property or land should be rented out or sold to any individual or group without prior due…

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Kano: LGA bans men, women boys and girlfriends from meeting in public at night

Aminu Imam

…Says law aims to stop immoral activities occurring Rano local government area of Kano State, on Wednesday, enacted a bye-law banning men and women from meeting together in public places at night. The local government council said this was due to reported cases of immoral activities between girls and boys, including divorcees. It said lovers can now only meet at the daytime to discuss. According to the local government information officer, Habibu Faragai, the council chairman, Dahiru Muhammad, announced the law at a security committee meeting, attended by residents and…

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Kano Hisbah arrests 20 children for street begging

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The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 children in Kano for violating the law against street begging. This is contained in a statement issued yesterday by the Public Relations Officer of the board, Lawal Ibrahim, in Kano. It quoted the Commander-General of Hisbah, Dr. Harun Ibn-Sina, as saying that all the 20 children, who were all boys were aged 12 and 14. “They were arrested on Tuesday evening, during a special raid in markets, motor parks and under the bridge. Most of the children were from Katsina and Borno…

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Kano: Gov’t recalls 6,995 teachers from private, community schools

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the recall of all the 6,995 teachers on the government payroll posted to private, community and voluntary schools in the State. According to a statement issued yesterday by the State’s Ministry of Education, the State governor has directed that the teachers will now be reposted to public primary, secondary and higher institutions of learning across the State that critically needs teachers. It further stated that Ganduje also approved a systematic review of the existing arrangement that suffice the posting of teachers to…

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Kano: Gov’t recalls 6,995 teachers from private, community schools

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the recall of all the 6,995 teachers on the government payroll posted to private, community and voluntary schools in the State. According to a statement issued yesterday by the State’s Ministry of Education, the State governor has directed that the teachers will now be reposted to public primary, secondary and higher institutions of learning across the State that critically needs teachers. It further stated that Ganduje also approved a systematic review of the existing arrangement that suffice the posting of teachers to…

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Kano: Govt. proscribe smoking in public places

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…Prohibits selling to children The Kano State Government yesterday banned smoking in public places in order to fight the tobacco epidemic in the country. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, disclosed at a press briefing at Kano Ministry of Health to commemorate the World ‘NO Tobacco Day’. He added that in an effort to protect future generations and improve the health status of the people in Kano, the State government said it has committed a lot of resources to the control of non-communicable diseases in the state…

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Kano govt. sponsors surgery of 7 patients with intersex problem

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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday received six patients with intersex problems sponsored by the Kano State government to undergo surgery at the Tetfund Centre of Excellence in Urology and Nephrology, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto. The patients, who were successfully treated, were received by the governor during the State’s Executive Council meeting yesterday in Kano. The State government had earlier sponsored the surgery of one person, which was also done successfully. An intersex is a group of conditions where there is a discrepancy between the external and internal genitals of a person.…

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Kano: Court bars Ganduje from organising debate between Abdul-Jabbar, other clerics

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A Magistrate court, sitting in Gidan Murtala, has barred the Kano State government from going ahead with the organisation of the much-awaited debate between the controversial cleric, Sheikh AbdulJabbar Kabara, and other Islamic clerics in the state. According to reports, the State government had fixed tomorrow, Sunday, as the date for the much-awaited debate. However, a legal practitioner, Ma’aruf Yakasai, had approached the court seeking the halting of the debate. During the court’s sitting yesterday, the presiding judge, Muhammad Jibril, ordered that the debate be suspended until March 22. Reacting…

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