The Emir of Ningi, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammadu Danyaya, is dead.
The monarch died Sunday morning in Kano.
He was 88.
He was turbaned as Emir of Ningi in 1978.
Funeral prayers would be held for the late monarch by 4pm on Sunday at his palace in Ningi, Bauchi state, according to a statement by the Secretary of the emirate, Alhaji Usman Sule, Magayakin Ningi.
Late Danyaya attended the Ningi Elementary School, between 1941 and 1946, then Bauchi Middle School from 1946 to 1951 before proceeding to the School of Hygiene, Kano the same year.
He later went to the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and earned a diploma in Public Administration.
He had a distinguished working record during the Native Authority (NA) period even though he started as a dispenser at Nasaru Dispensary, Ningi.
He was a member of the Ningi Emirate Council from 1956 to 1960, a counsellor for Medical and Health Department from 1958 to 1959 and member of the Ningi NA Outer Council between 1954 and 1956.
Late Emir Danyaya was counsellor, Works, Police and Prisons from 1959 to 1960 and member, Ningi NA Strong Room controllers between 1956 and 1960. In 1959, he was turbaned District Head and Chiroman Ningi, beginning his voyage in royalty.
He was a member of the National Council of States representing Bauchi State Council of Chiefs from 1979 to 1983 and served as Acting Chairman, Board of Directors of the defunct Inland Bank Nigeria Plc between 1988 and 1991.
He also served as a Director, Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority between 1989 and 1991.
He was a member of the National Constitutional Conference between 1994 and 1995 and member of the Traditional Rulers Sub-committee of Vision 2010 committee between 1996 and 1997.
