By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Kano State Executive Council has approved and amended the proposed bill on Child Rights (protection) Act 2010.
The amended Act was initially drafted in 2010 approved in 2021 for passage.
Mr. Muhammed Garba, Commissioner for Information in Kano State made this known in a statement on Saturday.
According to him, the bill will reflect the position of Sharia on all sections of the Child Rights Act (CRA) 2003.
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The decision for the approval was reached at its state council meeting in line with the Federal Government policy of 2003 where states were asked to domesticate the bill.
The approval of the law was necessary because of the commitment of the state administration on child welfare.
Kano state government was motivated to enact the child rights bill after it assented to the bill on Free and Compulsory Education.
The approval had been passed to the state assembly for passage and assured that the bill when passed would protect the rights of the child as a human being.
In compliance with the federal government’s policy, the state governments embarked on the act to domesticate the bill and engaged Islamic scholars and other stakeholders to bring it to fruition.
