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Yobe govt to establish Hisbah commission, ICT agency

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Rayyan Alhassan
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Rayyan Alhassan is a graduate of Journalism and Mass Communication at Sikkim Manipal University, Ghana. He is the acting Managing Editor at the Daily Nigerian newspaper, a position he has held for the past 3 years. He can be reached via rayyanalhassan@dailynigerian.com, or www.facebook.com/RayyanAlhassan, or @Rayyan88 on Twitter.
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Yobe State House of Assembly has commenced public hearings on two bills for to establish the Yobe HISBA Commission and related matters and the Information Technology Development Agency.

Chiroma Buba, the Speaker of the assembly disclosed this while declaring the public hearing open on Thursday in Damaturu.

He said both bills had undergone first and second readings and were committed to appropriate committees of the house for in-depth legislative scrutiny.

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“It is in this regard that all stakeholders in the religious and information sectors were invited to submit their memoranda and inputs to enable the committees to come up with people-oriented laws in line with international best practices,” he said.

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Mr Buba commended the executive arm of government for coming up with the two important bills.

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“The Hisbah Commission will, Insha’Allah sweep the state from all immoral acts and social vices.

“While the Information Technology Development Agency will afford our teeming youth with job opportunities,” he added.

Earlier, Yakubu Suleiman, the Chairman House Committee on Justice, Judiciary and Religious Affairs, urged all participants to contribute immensely in order to make positive impacts on the provisions of the bills.

“Let me assure you all that the committees and indeed the entire house will study all inputs generated during this hearing with a view of incorporating them into the bills,” he assured.

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