Kano assembly to amend law used by Ganduje to create new emirates

The Kano house of assembly has resolved to review the law that created five emirates in the state. 

In May 2019, the assembly approved the amendment of the Kano State Emirate Council Law, which paved the way for the decentralisation.

The legislation was purportedly conceived to whittle the powers of Muhammadu Sanusi, then Emir of Kano.

Subsequently, Abdullahi Ganduje, then governor of the state, signed the bill into law.

With the law, Kano has five emirates — Kano, Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi.

In March 2020, Ganduje deposed Sanusi as Emir of Kano “for total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”.

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During plenary on Tuesday, Lawan Hussaini Dala, the majority leader, moved a motion for the amendment of the law.

Dala said the law was not conceived in good faith, while raising concerns over the creation of the emirates.

Afterwards, the house resolved to amend the law.

In the buildup to the 2023 election, there were insinuations that the law would be amended if the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not win the Kano governorship election.

Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared winner of the gubernatorial poll.

In January, Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the NNPP in the 2023 elections, said Yusuf will revisit the creation of new emirates in the state by the former administration.