As had been expected since the election of Kabir Abba Yusuf as the Governor of Kano state under the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), the Five Emirate Councils controversially created by the then Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje have been scrapped.
The scrapping of the Emirates followed the passing of the amendment law by the Kano State House of Assembly
on Thursday.
The Assembly passed the Kano Emirates Council Law (Repeal Bill) 2024, effectively abolishing the establishment of the five Emirates created out of the then Kano Emirate.
With this development,the deposed Emir of Kano,Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, may be on his way back on the throne as Emir of Kano ,to oversee all the 44 local government areas of the state which will form the Kano Emirate.
This legislative change marks a significant shift in the traditional governance structure of Kano State, reverting to the previous singular Emirate system.
Based on the development that paved the way for the bill, which automatically scaled through its third reading, thereby repealed the creation of the Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye emirates alongside the historic Kano Emirate.
Aside from, that a ll offices created under the repealed law have been dissolved, and District Heads appointed or elevated under the previous legislation are to revert to their former positions.
Accordingly, the bill titled the Kano State Emirates Council (Amendment No. 2) Law, 2024, was sponsored by Lawan Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa, the Majority Leader and representative of the Dala Constituency.
It will be recalled that the original law, enacted under former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on December 5, 2019, was amended twice: first on October 14, 2020, and again on April 11, 2023.
Section 3(1) of the law had established and elevated the five distinct to emirates, distributing jurisdiction over the 44 local government areas in the state.
Also ,it will be recalled that following the deposition of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi on March 9, 2020, the law was amended to designate the Emir of Kano as the chairman of the State Council of Emirs.
Section 12 of the law allowed the Governor to grade Emir offices as first, second or third classes with the Assembly’s approval.
A principal officer of the Assembly, who requested anonymity, asserted the Assembly’s authority, stating, “no Jupiter can stop the Assembly from amending the law.”