By Oluwatosin Maliki
On Friday, the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni announced the establishment of Hisbah commission in a bid to curb social vices and aid the enforcement of Shariah within the state.
Hisbah is a religious police established in Yobe State, that is saddled with the responsibility of fighting social vices, while also ensuring social hygiene in the overall conduct of Muslims in an Islamic society. Although, the law does not extend to other religions unless on their own accord.
Similarly, Kano State was the first across all Islamic state in the federation to form a religious police by establishing the Hisbah Commission in 2000 to enforce the compliance of the Shariah shortly after its proclamation by the past administration led by Ahmad Yerima.
Similarly, this new development by Kano State on the foundations of Sharia paved way for the establishment of such societal reorientation administrative tools as ‘A Daidaita Sahu’ in Kano and ‘Gyara Kayanka’ in Bauchi across many of the Sharia-proclaiming Northern states in the 2000s.
It is was gathered that, Yobe State Government might have been worried concerning the current rate of social vices or the possibilities of their spread across the state.
Consequently, this led Governor Mai Mala Buni of the state on Friday, October 6th to sign into law the bill establishing the State Hisbah Commission. Noting that the law takes immediate effect
The Governor’s spokesman, Mamman Mohammed in a statement said, “The Hisbah Commission law is to monitor the enforcement and implementation of Shariah and prevent other social vices in the state”.