The Chief of Fulani
in Nasarawa (Sarkin Fulan in Nasarawa) Senator Walid Jibrin has said that Emir
Sanusi Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi II of Kano was treated like a common rat by the
government of the State following his dethronement and banishment.
According to Jibrin,
who is also a Second Republic lawmaker, issues that antecedents to Sanusi’s
removal clearly showed that politics is ruining traditional institutions in the
country.
This was contained
in a statement on Thursday by Jubrin, who is the current Chairman, Board of
Trustees (BOT), of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he called on the
Senators to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide a strong procedure in
removing Emirs, chiefs and other traditional rulers in the country.
“Emir Sanusi, the
traditional ruler of the highly respected traditional stool of Kano shouldn’t
have been treated like a rat as is being pursued,” the traditional title holder
added.
“What happened in
Kano recently where the governor within two hours only, dethroned the
first-class emir and banned him to far away Nasarawa State is very disturbing.
“Politics in Nigeria
is fast ruining the highly respected traditional institutions in Nigeria.
“I am therefore
calling on more traditional title holders to participate in politics in order
to protect the highly-respected institution.
“Even the colonial masters
couldn’t have succeeded in ruling and managing Nigeria without the full
involvement of traditional rulers.
“It is very
unfortunate that our current traditional rulers are only used as a fire brigade
to solve conflicts.
“As a traditional
title holder, my primary aim of joining politics is to protect the integrity of
traditional institutions.
“In Nigeria, many
governors involve traditional title holders to assist them in running the
government.
“Past governments
could not have succeeded without bringing in some traditional title holders to
assist them in running their governments.
“May I, therefore,
call on the respected Senate in their efforts to amend the 1999 Nigerian
Constitution to provide a strong procedure of removing emirs, chiefs, igwes and
obas, and equally give them official roles.”
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