Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Emirate Councils
Amendment Bill 2020.
Speaker of the house, Abdulazeez Gafasa, presided over the
plenary as lawmakers adopted the amendment on Tuesday.
The House had in 2019 approved the creation of four
additional Emirates.
The new councils are Gaya, Karaye, Rano and Bichi.
With the existing Kano Emirate Council, the number of First
Class Emirs are now five.
Majority Leader, Kabiru Dashi said the amendment made
provisions for the Emir of Kano, to serve as Chairman of the Joint Council.
“In the new law, the number of kingmakers has also increased
from four to five members, to allow for a free and fair election of a new emir
whenever there is a vacancy”, NAN quoted him as saying.
“We have four kingmakers in each of the Emirate Councils, in
the case of death or removal. We are trying to avoid a situation where two will
support and two will reject.”
The new law provides a three-day deadline for the election
of a new emir.
Also, the Council of Chiefs will henceforth be known as
Council of Emirs.
However, the House approved the appointment of Garba Shehu,
as Executive Secretary, Kano State Education Development Support Fund.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com