Emir of Kano Reinstatement: How Governor Yusuf Dismantled Ganduje’s ‘Legacy’

KANO, Nigeria – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has signed into regulation a invoice nullifying the 4 Emirate Councils created by former governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.

The Kano State Home of Meeting handed the invoice on Thursday, Might 23, 2024, and Governor Yusuf promptly gave his assent.

Abba Yusuf, the governor of Kano State

The brand new Kano Emirates Council Legislation successfully abolishes the institution of the extra 4 Emirate Councils—Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye—created below the earlier administration.

This transfer reinstates Sanusi Lamido Sanusi because the Emir of Kano, whereas the 4 Emirs have been given 48 hours to vacate their places of work.

The repealed regulation mandates that each one district heads elevated or appointed below the earlier regulation revert to their former positions.

This legislative motion follows a sequence of predictions and stories, together with one from Information Band on June 14, 2023, which hinted at a possible restoration of Sanusi as Emir and the scrapping of the brand new Emirates.

The Invoice was the primary official task of the Kano State Home of Meeting inaugurated on June 13, 2023.

Political analysts anticipated this growth following the New Nigeria Peoples Social gathering (NNPP) victory within the 2023 governorship election, led by Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, below whose administration Sanusi was initially topped Emir.

The creation of the brand new Emirates in 2019 by former Governor Ganduje confronted important opposition, significantly from Kwankwaso, who condemned each the dethronement of Sanusi and the institution of the brand new Emirates.

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS), have fallen aside. | Hallmark Information

The Kano Meeting had beforehand amended the Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs Legislation on Might 8, 2019, facilitating the decentralisation of the Kano Emirate Council.

This modification stripped Sanusi of management over 44 native governments, leaving him with solely 10 below his jurisdiction, earlier than he was ultimately dethroned and banished.

In a major authorized growth, a Excessive Courtroom in Kano, on November 21, 2019, nullified the creation of the 4 Emirate Councils. Justice Usman Na’abba, the presiding choose, declared the creation of the Emirates and the appointment of the 4 Emirs unlawful.

Regardless of this ruling, Ganduje continued his administrative duties with out acknowledging the court docket’s resolution.

Former Kano Governor Kwankwaso on the signing of an MOU with Dangote Group on Major Well being Care (Picture Credit score: NPHCDA)

Governor Yusuf’s current actions are seen as a transfer to appease his political benefactor, Kwankwaso, by reinstating Sanusi II because the Emir of Kano and dismantling the construction established by Ganduje.

This reinstatement marks the return of Sanusi II to the throne of the traditional metropolis, 5 years after his elimination and banishment.