Despite recent high court sacking
the four Ganduje crowned emirs and their emirates councils, the Kano state
executive council has approved an Emirate Council Bill 2019 which provides for
the establishment of additional emirates in the state.
The passage of this bill endorses
the establishment of four new emirates namely Rano, Gaya, Bichi and Karaye
The bill has now been forwarded
to the State House of Assembly for necessary action.
A press statement issued by the
commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba at the end of the Council
Session held at the Council Chambers, Government House, Kano, yesterday,
indicated that some of the proposed emirates pre-dated Kano in ancient times
but efforts to revive them during the Second Republic was short-lived.
He said the council discussed the
decade long clamour for the establishment of additional emirates in the state
with a view to bringing more development to the people of the new Emirates.
The exercise was also informed by
the need to bring traditional institution closer to the people in addition to
facilitating speedy socio-economic development and security in the state.
The statement further indicated
that the introduction of the Free and Compulsory Education at Basic and
Secondary level requires the active participation of the community especially
the traditional institutions for its successful implementation.
The commissioner pointed out that
the Emirate Council Bill 2019 was amended in the public interest following a
Kano High Court action that nullified the law on the ground that the petition
was presented to the Assembly by a private person not a member of the House.
The Council, according to the
statement, therefore, called on the state Assembly to expedite action on the
passage of the Bill in the interest of the public.
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