@Henry Omoregie wrote... Why e be say Sir Ahmadu Bello allow breweries for north but na when GEJ enter govt naim dem remember say beer na Haram? You want to be president of a nation of both both beer drinkers and non-beer drinkers, but you used your Sharia police to destroy 240,000 crates of beer. You gather your fellow clowns to sweep away the footprints of your serving president after disrespecting him by not welcoming him to your state but you want votes from his constituency and from other Nigerians who do not approve of your hebephrenia. You enjoy revenue from taxes on beer drunk in other parts of Nigeria and oil money from the presidents backyard but kick against/negate their freedom of wellbeing? You complain of poverty in your state but spend one billion Naira on Niger Republics well-being almost every year YOU MUST BE NUTS Friday, November 29, 2013 Sharia police in Kano destroy 240,000 bottles of beer On Wednesday in Kano, some 240,000 bottles of beer in a bid to enforce Islamic law in the state. The banned booze had been confiscated from trucks coming into the city in recent weeks, said officials from the Hisbah, the patrol tasked with enforcing the strict sharia. Kanos Hisbah chief Aminu Daurawa said at the bottle-breaking ceremony he had the ardent hope this will bring an end to the consumption of such prohibited substances. A large bulldozer smashed the bottles to shouts of Allahu Ahkbar (God is Great) from supporters outside the Hisbah headquarters in Kano. In 1934, Sanyaolu made a pioneering attempt to challenge the monopoly of expatriate firms. such as G. B. Ollivant, in the import-export trade by expanding the Olude Stores to become the first known supermarket and general merchandise store in Sabon-Gari Kano. He relocated from K 13 Sabon-Gari Reservation Area to expansive premises at 65/67, Church Road (now Awolowo Avenue). The premises were bought over from Holy Trinity School which relocated, in 1934, to its present premises at Tundun Wada Road, Sabon-Gari The Stores dealt in imported general goods, including cutlery, household utensils. Beverages, office equipment, electronics and bicycles. It was also involved in beer/wine sales and distribution. The retail outlet created by Olude Stores in the immigrants’ neighbourhood was attuned to their taste and income. Small peddlers of groceries in the outlying residential areas did their purchases at Olude Stores. The short-lived economic boom of the mid-1930s had afforded Sanyaolu the opportunity to expand his enterprise by rendering services in the mortgage business. He became a government auctioneer, contractor, estate and commission agent. In the period 1951-1952, Sanyaolu had surpassed other Yoruba traders, earning the highest annual income (£550) and paying a tax of £16: In 1952, Olude Stores was one of the 23 Licensed Buying Agents for the Nigerian Groundnut Marketing Board. In the 1957 produce season an agent of Olude Stores. Alhaji Sarkin Bai, purchased over 224 tons of groundnuts for Olude Stores at Kiyawa. By 1956/59. Sanyaolu’s income had increased to £1,900, the highest income in Sabon Gari, Kano. He was closely followed by Mr. F.E. Okonkwo, an Igbo transporter, whose income was quoted as £1,800 during the 1956/59 tax assessment. At independence in 1960, the management changed the name of Colonial Hotel to “Paradise Hotel.” By this period, Sanyaolu’s business pattern also changed. He discontinued with produce (groundnut) purchase due to the northernisation policy of the Groundnut Marketing Board that encouraged and financed Hausa traders who were hitherto underrepresented in the trade. The Store concentrated on beer distribution. Olude stores was a major distributor of Top Larger Beer, produced in Kano by North Brewery. Small-scale beer distributors from other areas in Metropolitan Kano purchased 500 to 600 cartons each loaded in lorries. AHMADU BELLO WAS IN CHARGE ....books.openedition.org/ifra/810?lang=en
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