At least of 25 persons have been reportedly arrested alleged as Shisha smokers by Kano State Hisbah Board at Central Hotel, Falantino Hotel also, A7 Restaurant in the state capital, Kano.
It was reported that the board also confiscated an uncalculated numbers of Shisha wrap and over 100 pipes used by the smokers as a means of efforts to enforce the ban on smoking in the state.
Public Relations Officer of Hisbah, Lawan Fagge, in a statement on Thursday said that the board would continue to raid restaurants, hotels and other social gatherings in the state.
The statement reads, “The arrested youth, 16 males and nine females, have regretted their actions and promised not to smoke Shisha again. So, we have released them as first offenders.
“The state House of Assembly and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had already passed and signed a bill banning the smoking of Shisha into law and forwarded same to the board for enforcement.”
The board vows to ensure effective enforcement of the extant law that covers the 44 local government areas of the state.
