The Kano State House of Assembly has started the process of amending the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) law.
The amendment was sequel to the resolution adopted by the lawmakers after the Majority Leader and member representing Dala Constituency, Hussien Dala, moved the motion during plenary on Tuesday.
Former Governor of the state Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in 2019 amended the law through which he deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
The amendment saw the Kano emirate reconstituted into five emirates with the creation of Rano, Karaye, Gaya and Bichi Emirates, and the appointment of First Class Emirs for the new emirates,.
Mr Sanusi was eventually dethroned as Kano emir.
Leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), the ruling party in Kano, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, recently said the issue of the emirates would be revisited. He made this remark one month after Yusuf was elected governor of the state.
“We campaigned and we are well-known in Nigeria, especially in Kano. What we showed the people is by God’s grace all the good projects we started when we were in government. This governor (Abba Kabir Yusuf) and his team will pick up from where we left off,” Kwankwaso had said.
“Apart from the issue of changing the emir, the emirates have now been divided into five. All of that will be reviewed too. When a leader comes into power whether in a country, state or local government area, he inherits things that are good and things that are difficult and challenging.”
