The Kano Central Senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, Abdulkarim Abdulsalam Zaura has appealed to Muslim clerics to preach against the rising level of drug abuse, thuggery, and criminalities in Kano.
Addressing the Ulamas, on Saturday in Kano, the founder of AA Zaura foundation, highlighted the role of Islamic scholars in the society thereby, sought their support in the areas of counselling.
Zaura who recently met with leaders of rival political thugs, hunters and vigilants groups to end needless attacks, criminalities, expressed commitment to offering opportunities for rehabilitation of drug abusers in Kano.
He explained that as agent of social consciousness and guidance, religious leaders are being engaged to support the foundation to instil renewed moral behavior in the youth.
” In continuation of this project and campaign against drug abuse, political thuggery, and criminalities in Kano, we believed the Ulamas have a very important role to play in tackling this issue. They are the voice of the people, they are the voice of God, and they have many different ways of counselling people.
“Don’t forget, one Ulama or one Imam can change a lot of people. So, they are part of this project, they are stakeholders in this project.
“We are looking for a different way to connect to the people. We need them to understand the project and mission. We had a critical discussion and they agreed to work out possible ways to end thuggery and drug abuse in Kano.
Zaura, who contested the Kano Central Senatorial district APC during the 2023 general election, stressed that the mission of the foundation was to bring about meaningful growth devoid of political affiliation.
He expressed readiness to collaborate with concerned authorities including state government and security agencies to rid Kano of drug abuse and criminal tendencies.
“Of course, like I said last week. This is the type of project that I take responsibility. I am not putting any exception. The government or private entity or any person that feel like rescuing Kano is free to join us. This is not a political fight and it does not belong to Zaura alone. It is a responsibility, a big work to do and I can’t alone do istop”
” I am a politician and in my years of politics I have never encouraged people taken drugs. Politicians given thugs any form of drugs to fight their opponents should be discouraged.
“Some of these thugs are graduates. So why would a politician give them drugs while keeping their children abroad? It has to stop,” Zaura noted.
Worried by increasing incidences of societal unrest in Kano, Islamic clerics have resolved to jointly find workable solution to addressing menace of criminal tendencies in the state.
Besides, the religious leaders and other stakeholders equally appealed to concern authorities to mitigate root cause of criminalities, and enable means to transform youthful energy to productive.
In their separate positions, the Islamic scholars also cautioned government to look into rampant cases of drug abuse among married women and ladies calling for proactive measures to block access to Kano.
