Kano State House of Assembly has commenced move for creation of four additional emirates in the state.
At Monday’s plenary, the Speaker of the House, Alhaji Kabiru Alhassan Rurum read a letter brought to the house for consideration by one Ibrahim Salisu and others, requesting the house to start a move for creating four additional emirates in the state.
The proposed new emirates are Karaye, Bichi, Rano and Gaya.
The implication of creating additional emirates is that the powers of the present Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi ll, will be reduced.
The four proposed emirates are presently being headed by district heads and if upgraded, will have emirs as heads.
Ironically, Ganjude’s move to break the emirate into smaller units will mirror what Abiola Ajimobi, the outgoing governor of Oyo state, did to the olubadan of Ibadan, Saliu Adetunji, whose authority Ajimobi sought to decimate by approving 21 beaded kings for Ibadan.
Ganjude and Ajimobi are in-laws.
Sanusi II, who was appointed the 14th emir in 2014 after his suspension from office as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by former president Goodluck Jonathan, is believed to have opposed the re-election of Ganjude, who needed a disputed supplementary election to be returned to office in the March 2019 governorship election.
Ganjude lost the Kano municipal heavily, leading to rumours that he would come after the emir after the election.
“The governor is determined to remove the emir, and if this does not succeed, he will break the emirate into pieces to whittle down Sanusi’s power,” an official of the state government, who asked not to be named, told Newsflash247 on Tuesday morning.
