Kano govt clears air on rumoured sack of Ganduje’s emirate councils

Kano State Government has refuted rumour making the rounds that the state governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, will soon send a proposed bill to the State Assembly in respect of sacking four Emirate councils and bring back the deposed Emir of Kano, Malam Sanusi Lamido, as Emir of Kano.

This is just as the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has said the list of commissioners nominees that will serve in government will be forwarded to the House of Assembly next week.

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abba Yusuf, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, in a statement signed and made available to journalists, said that contrary to the rumours circulating in social media, Kano State government has not taken any decision yet on the new emirates as speculated.

It be recalled that on Wednesday, an online platform, reported that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has obtained the support of Kano State House of Assembly to reinstall the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11 after sack of five Emirs

The former Emir Sanusi was dethroned by ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over alleged “insubordination.’

Before his dethronement, Ganduje had divided the Kano Emirate into five kingdoms of Kano, Bichi, Karaye, Rano and Gaya Emirates.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Bature, the State government’s spokesperson disclosed that no decision has been taken on the status of the new emirates established by the previous administration by Gov. Yusuf.

According to the statement, the executive and legislative arms of government in Kano will be open and transparent to allow the good people of Kano access to information on major policies and decisions of the NNPP-led administration.

Meanwhile, the state governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has said list of commissioner nominees that will serve in government will be forwarded to the House of Assembly next week.

The Governor who spoke in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature said the list of nominees for commissioner who will serve in the next cabinet would be sent to the assembly next week for confirmation.