Dennis Erezi
The proposed amendment of Kano Emirate Council Laws on Wednesday scaled through the first reading on the floor of the Kano State House of Assembly.
Speaker Ismail Jibril Falgore on Tuesday unanimously adopted the motion raised by Majority Leader, Lawan Husaini Yan Gurasa to amend the emirate law.
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The move, a reliable source revealed, was intended to repeal the division of the Kano emirate into five independent units orchestrated by former governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
At the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, amid heavy security deployment within and outside the Assembly premises, the clerk of the house Bashir Idris Diso presented the adopted amendment law for first reading.
Falgore who moved for members’ reaction subsequently passed the motion for the first reading in the absence of no objection.
The assembly has reserved the bill for Thursday for subsequently legislative process and possible amendment.
The emirate law 2019 gave impetus for the establishment of new Emirates with first-class chiefs including Kano, Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye with designated areas of local government allocated to each of the emirate.
The law also established state council of chiefs, comprises the five first class chiefs, secretary to the state government, commissioner for local government affairs, local government chairmen and few other members.
Other composition of the law which was later amended in 2020 and further amendment in 2023 affirming the descendants of the emirs are the only eligible persons to be appointed as emirs.
