The Kano State Hisbah Board has put to a halt, the planned holiday clearance sales tagged “Black Friday” by a radio station in the state.
The ban was contained in a notice to management of the radio Cool FM 96.9 Kano, dated November 26, obtained by Igbere TV.
The religious police warned the station that the demography of the state’s residents is predominantly Muslim, hence considers “Friday as Holy Day.”
The Hisbah corps subsequently demanded an immediate retraction of the “Black Friday” tag.
It added that the religious squad “will be around for surveillance purposes with a view to avoiding occurrence of any immoral activities” in the state.
Black Friday is a special shopping period when retailers offer promoted sales to customers. But the sale may be hampered in Kano, where members of the religious police have banned sale of alcoholic drinks, restricted social interaction between men and women, amongst other measures.
