Sophia Michaels
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has given former emirs 48 hours to vacate their palaces.
He ordered them to hand over Emirate Council properties to the Commissioner of Local Government, who also serves as State Deputy Governor.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has signed the Kano Emirates Bill 2024 into law, repealing the 2019 Emirate Councils Law that altered the state’s over 1000-year history.
By signing the bill, the governor declared that the 2019 law has been repealed and is now history.
The signing was attended by the Speaker of the State Assembly, Ismaila Falgore, Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam, Secretary to the State Government Abdullahi Baffa Bichi and others.
The State Assembly has fulfilled one of its constitutional roles by signing the bill into law.
