The Emir of Nasarawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Jibril, has confirmed that he will be presented the staff of office by the Nasarawa state governor, Umaru Al-Makura, on May 25.
In an exclusively chat with Daily Trust reporter at a public function in Karu area of the state on Monday, the Emir said: “Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state will present to me the staff of office in Nasarawa Emirate of Nasarawa Local Government on Saturday, May 25.”
It would be recalled that until his ascension to the throne, he was a Minister of Water Resources in the administration of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Emir was the son of Fagacin Nasarawa, Alhaji Usman Maikwato Jibril, who was the son of Makama Jibril, the eldest son of the eighth Emir of Nasarawa, Umaru Maje Haji.
Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Jibril succeeds the late Emir of Nasarawa, Alhaji Hassan Ahmad II, who died at the age of 83.