Kano State House of Assembly on Monday initiated a
move to create four additional emirate councils in the state that would elevate
the current status of some District Heads to first class emirs.
The current debate came at the background of a
petition presented to the assembly by Salisu Ibrahim Chambers, seeking the nod
of the legislators to accede to the demand, which was eventually presented on
the floor of the state assembly with the lawmakers giving their individual
contribution for and against a debate that had taken them hectic time to
deliberate and adjourned its sitting to today for further continuation of the matter.
However, 13 legislators have already assented to
the petition while the former Speaker of the assembly, Alhaji Isiyaku Ali Danja
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vehemently resisted the prayer contained
in the petition.
Danja, however, urged his colleagues in the assembly
to maintain the status quo by allowing the existence of one emirate council to
remain.
It was however the contention of the petitioner
that the demand presented was in consonance with the Kano Emirate Council
amendment law which the assembly Majority Leader, Alhaji Baffa Babba Danagundi,
agreed with the petitioners on the submission that the Emirate Council
amendment law exists.
However, as the clamouring for the creation of additional
emirate councils in Kano State generates considerable interest, the leadership
of the assembly adjourned its sitting to Tuesday to give ample time for the lawmakers
to further deliberate on the issue with a view to arriving at a unanimous
decision.
It could be recalled that there was such move by the
then state Governor, Abubakar Rimi’s administration.
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