BILLS PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW FROM JUNE 2007 – JUNE 2008. 6TH LEGISLATURE: ONE YEAR PROGRESS REPORT – JUNE 2007 – JUNE 2008

(A) BILLS PASSED – 121

Kano State Local Government (Amendment) (No.2) Law 2007
2.  Kano State Hisbah Board (Amendment) (No.2) Law 2007
3.  Kano State Year 2007 1st Supplementary Appropriation Law
4.  Kano State Hisbah Board (Amendment) (No.3) Law 2007
5.  Kano State Zakkah and Hubsi Commission (Amendment) (No.7) Law 2007
6.  Kano State Shari’a Commission (Amendment) Law 2007
7.  Kano State Year Supplementary Appropriation Law (No 2) 2007
8.  Kano State Local Government (Amendment) (No.3) Law 2008
9.  Kano State Appropriation Law 2008

10. Kano State Pension and Gratuity Law No. 1 2008
11. Kano State Pension and Gratuity (Amendment) (No.1) Law 2008
12. Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation for the Disabled Board Law

OTHER HOUSE ACTIVITIES

• SITTING FROM JUNE 2007 – JUNE 2008  –  186
• Pending Bill – 2 – (Kano State Directorate of Public Complaint and Anti Corruption     Bill   2008)
   – (Private member’s bill from Mumbaiyya House.2008)
• Motion adopted   –  912
• Committee Reports   –  13
• Matter of Urgent Public Importance  –  5

(B) ACHIEVEMENTS

• Peaceful Coexistence amongst Members and other arm of Government
• Adequate and effective session during the past one year
• Implementation of most of the motions passed and proposed constituency projects
• Successful completion and commissioning of the Assembly Chamber building.

(C) NEXT SESSION – JUNE 2009 – 2009

• To ensure oversight functions particularly in the implementation of Budget.
• To Sustain effective deliberation on executive bills and encourage for submission of private bills.
• To Support public hearing and memorandum where the need arises.

6TH LEGISLATURE: ONE YEAR PROGRESS REPORT – JUNE 2007 – JUNE 2008

(A) BILLS PASSED – 12

Kano State Local Government (Amendment) (No.2) Law 2007
Kano State Hisbah Board (Amendment) (No.2) Law 2007
Kano State Year 2007 1st Supplementary Appropriation Law
Kano State Hisbah Board (Amendment) (No.3) Law 2007
Kano State Zakkah and Hubsi Commission (Amendment) (No.7) Law 2007
Kano State Shari’a Commission (Amendment) Law 2007
Kano State Year Supplementary Appropriation Law (No 2) 2007
Kano State Local Government (Amendment) (No.3) Law 2008
Kano State Appropriation Law 2008
Kano State Pension and Gratuity Law No. 1 2008
Kano State Pension and Gratuity (Amendment) (No.1) Law 2008
Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation for the Disabled Board Law

OTHER HOUSE ACTIVITIES

• SITTING FROM JUNE 2007 – JUNE 2008 – 186
• PENDING BILL  –   2 – (Kano State Directorate of Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Bill 2008)
   – (Private member’s bill from Mumbaiyya House.2008)
• Motion adopted – 912
• Committee Reports –  13
• Matter of Urgent Public Importance – 5 

(B) ACHIEVEMENTS

• Peaceful Coexistence amongst Members and other arm of Government
• Adequate and effective session during the past one year
• Implementation of most of the motions passed and proposed constituency projects
• Successful completion and commissioning of the Assembly Chamber building. 

(C) NEXT SESSION – JUNE 2009 – 2009

• TO ensure oversight funtions particularly in the implementation of  Budget.
• To Sustain effective deliberation on executive bills and encourage for submission of private bills.
• To Support public hearing and memorandum where the need arises.
• To promote and create awareness on political and Legislative development to the electorates and general public.

Kano is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State.

It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within 449 km2 (173 sq mi).

The major inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people.

Centuries ago, Kano was largely cosmopolitan with settled populations of Arab, Berber, Tuareg, Kanuri and Fula and remains so with the Hausa language spoken by many residents.

It is the traditional state of the Dabo dynasty who have ruled as emirs over the city-state since the 19th century.

The city is one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms.

Located in the Savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade, having been a trade and human settlement for many years.

Prior to the creation of Kano State in 1967, it was the largest Hausa Kingdom in Africa that is currently 1000 years old, based on an ancient settlement around Dala Hill.

According to the Kano Chronicle, Bagauda, a grandson of the mythical hero Bayajidda. became the first king of Kano in 999AD, reigning until 1063AD.

Muhammad Rumfa ascended to the throne in 1463 and reigned until 1499.

During his reign he reformed the city, expanded the Sahelian Gidan Rumfa (Emir’s Palace), and played a role in the further Islamization of the city as he urged prominent residents to convert.

The Hausa state remained independent until the Fulani conquest of 1805.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Fulani Islamic leader Usman dan Fodio led a jihad affecting much of northern Nigeria, leading to the emergence of the Sokoto Caliphate.

Kano became the largest and most prosperous province of the empire.

In March, 1903 after a scanty resistance, the Fort of Kano was captured by the British, It quickly replaced Lokoja as the administrative centre of Northern Nigeria.

It was replaced as the centre of government by Zungeru and later Kaduna and only regained administrative significance with the creation of Kano State following Nigerian independence in 1960.

After independence, Kano state was created in 1967 from the then Northern Nigeria by the Federal military government.

The first military police commissioner, Audu Bako, is credited with building a solid foundation for the progress of a modern society. Most of the social amenities in the state are credited to him.