Kano Hisbah over the weekend, destroyed Over 196,400 bottles of alcohol at Kalemawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state.
Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje backed the exercise by stating that Islam strongly condemns drinking of acohol and all other intoxicants that can distort mental capability of a person.
He said "In Islam, drinking of alcohol is strongly forbidden being one of the backbones of committing sins either big or small and that has been stated out at several places in the Holy Qur’an.
"Our Islamic scholars, religious and community leaders should join hands together in the crusade against such social vices because issue of taking alcohol is not only Islam that forbids it, to good Christian, consuming alcohol is also prohibited," he said.
The State Governor who was represented at the "destruction exercise" by his deputy Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, continued, "this Government is a Shari’a compliant Government.
"We will continue to support the Hisbah Board more especially as we witnessed the launched of New Hisbah Commanders of all the 44 Local Government Areas and also witnessed the rebranding and taking the State Hisbah Board to the next level."
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