Yobe State Government has launched new commission known as ‘Hisbah Commission’ aimed to curb the perpetration of social vices and aid the enforcement of Shariah across the State. Hisbah is a religious taskforce established to fight social vices and ensure social hygiene in the overall conduct of Muslims in an Islamic society.
Kano State was the first across the federation to form a religious law enforcement by establishing the Hisbah Commission in 2000 to impose the implementation of the Shariah shortly after its proclamation by the then Governor, Ahmad Yerima administration.
This development ignited by Kano State on the foundations of Sharia orchestrated the establishment of such societal reorientation administrative tools as ‘A Daidaita Sahu’ in Kano and ‘Gyara Kayank’ in Bauchi across many of the Sharia-proclaiming Northern States in the 2000s.
Yobe State Government may have become seriously concerned about the current rate of social vices and or the possibilities of their spread across the state.
Consequently, Governor Mai Mala Buni of the Yobe State on Friday, October 6 signed into law, the bill establishing the State Hisbah Commission with immediate enforcement.
The Hisbah Commission law is to monitor the enforcement and implementation of Shariah and prevent other social vices in the State.