Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has forwarded a Substance Abuse Prohibition Bill, 2026, to the State House of Assembly for passage into law as part of a renewed commitment to check the menace in the state.

The speaker, Jibril Ismail-Falgore, who read the letter during a special plenary sitting on Thursday, said the governor transmitted the bill for consideration, scrutiny and passage.

Mr Ismail-Falgore further said the governor also sought the establishment of a special court for the trial of offenders.

“I hereby transmit the Kano State Substance Abuse Prohibition Bill 2026, titled a Bill for a Law to Prohibit the Abuse, Unauthorised Sale, Distribution and Dealing for the Purpose of Intoxication in Kano State.

“And to establish a special mobile court for trial of offences under the law, and for other matters connected therewith, 2026.

“The bill has become necessary to provide a comprehensive legislative framework for the effective and efficient prosecution of offences relating to substance abuse and illicit trafficking in Kano State,” he said.

According to him, it is also intended to address potential legal and procedural challenges that could result in unnecessary litigation and undermine the discharge of the responsibility of the Kano State Multi-Agency Taskforce on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

“I forward the bill to the House for consideration and passage into law,” the letter reads.

The speaker, however, referred the bill to the House Committee on Rules and Business.

In a related development, the House also referred two amendment bills sent by the governor to the committee.

The bills were the Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso College of Advanced and Remedial Studies Law 2024 and the Kano State Health Trust Fund Amendment Bill 2017, for further legislative processing.

(NAN)