Ganduje presents letters of appointment to new Emirs

Ebun Francis|

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Saturday presented letters of appointment to four new first-class Emirs in the state.

At a presentation ceremony held at the state capital, the governor said the creation of an additional four Emirates will make the Kano traditional system more efficient.

“This is an arrangement that will make the system more efficient. The issue of education, security, and agriculture are too heavy to be allowed on a centralised traditional system.

“So, we know that this present structure will certainly promote security and education,” he said.

Those presented with the letters of appointment include Aminu Ado Bayero, the son of Late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, as the Emir of Bichi; Ibrahim Abulkadir as the Emir of Gaya; Tafida Abubakar as the Emir Of Rano and Abubakar Ibrahim II as the Emir of Karaye.

The date for the coronation of the new emirs will subsequently be announced by the state government.

It will be recalled that a Kno high court on Friday ordered Governor Ganduje, the Kano State House of Assembly, the Speaker of the Assembly, the clerk and the attorney-general of the state from implementing the law creating the new Emirates.

The court order follows an ex parte motion filed by Honorable Sule Gwarzo, asking the court to restrain the respondents from taking any action of creating four additional Emirates.

The court directed all parties in the suit to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

But in a statement on Saturday, the Kano State Government denied being served any court order restraining Governor Ganduje from taking any action to create the new Emirates.

According to the state Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, the government is not aware of any court order as the governor was not serve neither was the Attorney General of the state served.

He said, ‘’Honestly as I speak to you, we have not been served any court order, although I saw a court order on the social media late in the night on Saturday. So how do you expect government to act on a story on the social media?’’

“Letters of appointment have been issued the Emirs appointed since yesterday and they have returned the acknowledged copies, the event for today is just a felicitation.