Kano State Gov­ernor, Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has ex­plained the reason behind the enactment of market registration law in the state. The governor said the law was informed by per­sistent tussles over the control of markets by unregistered trade as­sociations in the state.

Kwankwaso made the explanation at the week­end, on the occasion of the registration of trade asso­ciations/individuals as well as the graduation of the Batch B trainees of GSM repairers trained by the state government.

Governor Kwankwaso held that the new law would regulate the activities of several interest groups in the markets in Kano State, which is the commercial nerve centre of Northern Nigeria, with a population of over N10 million people.

He added that the bio­metric identity card was introduced for all business operators, in the state to among other things, en­hance security, provide government with a data­base on business opera­tors and enable traders to migrate to e-commerce in line with best practices in the global business envi­ronment

The governor therefore appealed to business en­terprises and individuals operating in the state to cooperate with the state government on the project in view of its importance to trade and investment.

Turning to the graduat­ing GSM phones repair­ers, the governor stated that about N19. 6 million was expended in training and providing them with free empowerment pack­ages which consists of a work station, multipurpose screw driver and N10, 000 for each beneficiary.

“With a good percent of our people using mobile phones, the need for con­tinuous training and re-training of our youth to fill the ever increasing techni­cians gap becomes a strate­gic tool for employment,” Kwankwaso stressed.

In his speech, Emir of Kano, Malam Muham­madu Sanusi II, said, eco­nomic progress, education and health are the key ar­eas that every responsible government should pay at­tention to, lamenting that inadequate focus on these sectors is responsible for the current security and economic challenges fac­ing the country.

The Emir, therefore, praised the Kwankwaso ad­ministration for embarking on employment generation and infrastructural devel­opment programmes, as­suring that the Kano Emir­ate Council will continue to work hand in hand with the government to achieve the set goals.

fkaz: Sanusi from CBN to kano market nice one, he is going to reform kano business for sure, all traders in kano must register and pay tax in full. my southern brothers should be prepared to face reform in kano market

kwanKwasiyya: The present kASG is investing massively in a long term dev project for the state in terms of Human resource development it is the only way Kano state will achieve a sustainable growth and development. But in technical and intellectual skill acquisition

barcanista: Honestly, the Government of Kwankwaso has made its mark in the anals of democracy. Big Ups to the Government and the entire people of Kano State