The Kano State Government has announced the return of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano four years after his dethronement.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Abba Yusuf, Governor of Kano State, announced the reinstatement of Sanusi as the Emir of Kano on Thursday.
Yusuf announced the reinstatement of Sanusi shortly after he signed the bill abolishing the five emirates created in 2019.
“After signing the new Kano emirate council law at Government House, Kano, today, I hereby announce the reinstatement of HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano State,” Governor Yusuf said, while instructing the removed Emirs to hand over within 48 hours.
Recall that the Kano State House of Assembly had earlier today repealed the Kano Emirates Council Law 2019 which established Bichi, Gaya, Karaye and Rano Emirates from the then Kano Emirate.
The lawmakers repealed the Emirates Law at a special plenary presided over by the Speaker, Jibril Falgore, on Thursday.
Falgore invoked Order seven Rule 3 (A) of the House and directed the Clerk of the House, Alhaji Bashir Diso, to carry out the third reading of the bill to repeal the Law.
The Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Butu-Butu, in a contribution, explained that repealing the law would revive the lost glory of Kano.
He said that the division of Kano Emirate into five Emirates “damaged the capacity and dignity of the Emirate and the state”.
The Majority Leader, Lawan Hussaini, added that the Emirate Council was a custodian of culture of the Kano people which was distorted by the creation of the additional Emirates.
Dala said that when the law is amended, all the five Emirate Councils would be abolished while the Commissioner for Local Government would oversee the activities of the dissolved Emirate.
He said that repealing the law is timely and the decision should be communicated to the state Governor, Abba Yusuf, for assent.
The opposition members, led by Minority Whip, Alhaji Ayuba Labaran (Kabo- APC), however, opposed the move to repeal the law and staged a walk-out from the chamber.
When contacted, Labaran explained that the move was for “selfish interest”.
He added that the previous administration created the Emirates to foster unity and development.