Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor and disposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been reinstated to the coveted throne by the Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Yusuf officially announced the reappointment of Emir Sanusi after he signed the Emirate Repeal Law 2024 dissolving the five Emirate Councils in the State created by the immediate past Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in 2019.
The Governor performed the signing at Ante-chamber, Government House before the Speaker of Kano state House of Assembly, Hon. Ismaila Falgore and other Principal Officers of the House.
Addressing the press shortly after approving the new law, the governor revealed that the five dethroned Emirs have 48 hours to vacate the palaces and submit all official items in their possession to the office of the deputy governor of the state, who doubles as the Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Recall that the Kano State House of Assembly had on Thursday passed the Kano Emirates Council Bill 2024, abolishing the five Emirates crested by Ganduje.
Ganduje had carved out Bichi Gaya, Karaye, Rano and Kano Emirates, before dethroning the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.
With the passage of the bill into law, the five Emirs in Kano have been dethroned.
However, all offices created under the repealed law have been dissolved, and district heads appointed or elevated under the previous legislation are to revert to their former positions.
The bill, titled the Kano State Emirates Council (Amendment No. 2) Law, 2024, was sponsored by Lawan Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa, the Majority Leader and representative of the Dala Constituency.
The original law, enacted under former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on December 5, 2019, was amended twice: first on October 14, 2020, and again on April 11, 2023. Section 3(1) of the law had established the five distinct emirates, distributing jurisdiction over the 44 local government areas in the state.
Following the deposition of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi on March 9, 2020, the law was amended to designate the Emir of Kano as the chairman of the council.
Section 12 of the law allowed the Governor to grade emir offices as first, second, or third class with the Assembly’s approval.
