Kano Emirate Council amendment bill 2020 scales 2nd reading

The Kano State Emirate Council bill 2020 sent by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje has scaled second reading at the State House of Assembly.

The Majority Leader of the house, Kabiru Dashi read the bill for the second time during plenary on Monday, presided over by Speaker Abdulazeez Gafasa.

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According to Dashi, if the bill is amended, it will end the issue of rotation in regards to the Chairmanship of the Council of Chiefs in the state.

He said when the bill was amended, the Emir of Kano will remain the Chairman of the council.

“In the amendment, we are planning to increase additional kingmakers in all the Emirate Council to make them five.

“Because we have four kingmakers in each of the emirate councils, in the case of death or removal, we are trying to avoid a situation where two will support and two will reject.

“But if they are five in number, there must be free and fair while electing an emir. And also, the new law if approved, will provide a three day deadline for the election of a new emir,” he said.

Dashi added that the amendment was also to change of the Chairman tittle from the ‘Council of Chiefs’ to ‘Council of Emirs’.

In 2019, the house approved the establishment of four additional first class Emirate Councils in the state, making the first class Emirs in the state five.

The new councils included Gaya, Karaye, Rano and Bichi, then the existing Kano Emirate Council.

With the creation of the Emirate Council, the law provided that there should be rotation of the Chairmanship among members of the council every two years. (NAN)