Emir Sanusi’s Woes Continue As Kano Assembly Approves Creation Of 4 Additional Emirates

At last, the Kano State House of Assembly has  approved the creation of four additional First Class Emirate Councils in the state in a bid to reduce the age-long influence of the Emir of Kano, who had always been the only first class emir in a state with 44 local governments. 

The Majority leader of the house, Alhaji Labaran Abdul-Madari,on Thursday , said the decision to amend the Kano Emirate Council Bill 2019 was in public interest as it will bring the people closer to their traditional rulers.

According to him,  the creation of the Emirates was aimed at bringing more development to the areas.noting that such will also pave way for more developmental projects in those areas, especially infrastructure and security.

His words:   “The law will also provide the presence of Council of Chiefs, and its Chairmanship will be a two year rotation among the now five emirs, including the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll.”

He also added that the emirs will work hand in hand with the state government and the Council of Chiefs to ensure the development of the state and coordination among them.

Madari however disclosed that the recent creation of the Emirates brought a lot of developments to the areas in terms of security and infrastructure.

He said the new emirates also led to more job creation and boosted business activities in the emirates, adding that more of such development would be recorded with the passing of the new bill. 

It was also learnt that after series of deliberation by the legislators during the plenary session presided over by the speaker, Alhaji Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa, the members went on a committee of the whole house meeting.

After the meeting, the legislators reconvened where they adopted the bill and approved  the creation of the four additional first class emirate councils.

It would be recalled that recently a State High Court in Kano nullified the law that earlier established the new emirate councils, which included Rano, Bichi, Gaya and Karaye emirates.

The court nullified the emirate on the ground that the petition that led to it was presented to the assembly by a private person instead of a member of the state assembly.

However ,immediately after the court verdict, Governor  Abdullahi Ganduje immediately sent a letter to the assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Emirate Council bill 2019.