The Kano State Government of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has denied the news that the State had planned to implement a Sharia Law that bans women from driving cars.
The denial was contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information Mr. Muhammed Garba, and made available to newsmen on Thursday, July 29, 2021 in Kano.
He said that the State has never planned to implement such a law that bans women from driving. He cited Saudi Arabia which is the major source of Sharia law and said that even Saudi Arabia has lifted such a ban and now allows women to drive cars.
There have been unconfirmed reports making the rounds on social media claiming that the Kano State Government has in collaboration with the State’s Council of Ulama concluded plans to send a bill that will ban women from driving to the House of Assembly.
He described the trending online report as “fallacious” and baseless, with no credible source.
“The trending story lacks credibility and that is why it is wholly attributed to a source that cannot be substantiated,’’ he added.
Garba pointed out that the State Government would not decide in “a secret meeting” a critical issue that had to do with its teeming populace, adding that even in Saudi Arabia, the authorities had in 2018 lifted the decades-old law that banned women from driving.
He expressed delight that some of the scholars who were quoted to have supported the alleged ban, had already dissociated themselves from it.
