Kano State Assembly reverses dissolution of emirates, downgrades emirs

The Kano State House of Assembly has passed a bill to reverse the dissolution of three emirates but downgraded their emirs from first-class to second-class status, while the lawmakers sustained the scrapping of Bichi emirate, however, restored the emirate of Gaya, Karaye and Rano.

Penpushing reports that the assembly passed the bill for reversal on Tuesday, while it is recalled that the lawmakers in May, amended the emirate council law of the state to scrap the emirates of Gaya, Rano, Karaye and Bichi and restore Kano as the only emirate in the state.

The assembly in the reversal also reduced the number of local government areas in the domains of the downgraded emirs as the constitution allocates five per cent of federal allocations to local governments to the traditional institutions in their areas.

Penpushing further reports that the lawmakers at the plenary presided over by the Speaker Rt Hon, Jibril Falgore explained that they took the first reading of the bill before embarking on a recess on May 23, 2024, although this was not reported in the media.

The Deputy Speaker Muhammed Bello after the second and third reading of the bill, moved for the adoption and passage of the bill, and thereafter the lawmakers approved the downgrading of the restored emirates to second-class emirates.

Penpushing also reports that the new second-class emirates include Rano with Rano as headquarters and Bunkure and Kibiya LGAs under it, while Karaye Emirate has Karaye as the council headquarters and Rogo local government area as part of its domain, as well as Gaya Emirate with its headquarters in Gaya has Ajingi, and Albasu local government area under it.

Meanwhile, with the new development, the three second class emirates cover only eight of the 44 local government areas of the state, leaving Kano emirate under Lamido Sanusi as first-class emir with 36 local government areas.

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