Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has officially approved the reappointment of former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, as the Emir of Kano.
News About Nigeria reports that the development was announced by the Senior Special Assistant on Digital Media to the state governor, Kwankwason Tuwita, on social media.
A video shared by the aide showed the moment the Governor assented to a newly passed bill that abrogated four emirates created in addition to the Emir of Kano.
“I have approved the reappointment of Khalipha Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano,” the Governor said.
Furthermore, the governor issued a 48-hour notice to all the deposed Emirs to vacate royal palaces in the state.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State announced the sack of five Emirs in the North West state while addressing journalists after signing the Emirate Council Law at the Government House in Abuja.
Yusuf directed the sacked monarchs to vacate official residences and palaces and hand over government belongings in their possession to the Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs within two days. He stated that the five emirs appointed by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje are the ones mainly affected by the new law.
Recall that Ganduje had in 2019 split the Kano emirate into five and appointed an emir for each. The former governor also sacked the former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi Lamido.
However, the governor announced the reinstatement of Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano after signing the law.
Yusuf signed the law at exactly 5:10 pm after meeting behind closed doors with Kano kingmakers and lawmakers led by the speaker, Jibrin Falgore, at the Government House. The signing of the law was witnessed by the Kano deputy governor, the Speaker of the State Assembly, and other principal officers in the government.
The state House of Assembly on Thursday morning passed a bill for the dissolution of the four additional emirates created by the immediate past administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the removal of all five emirs.
