Outgoing Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has assured the people of the state that the new Kano Emirates created by his government will not be destroyed.
Ganduje made this claim while speaking at the workers’ day celebration in reaction to the comment by his predecessor and the leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso that the incoming administration of the Governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf will revisit the decision to create new Emirates.
The Governor said: “Any of you that visits the headquarters of these new emirates will affirm that we have brought development to these places. These emirates were created for unity, progress, history, and also for the recovery of the reputation of the traditional institutions. We created them to honour the people of these regions.
“I want to assure you that these emirates are permanent, they have come to stay. And anybody that will destroy them, God Almighty will not bring him to Kano state. We assure you that these emirates were created because of you, because of your progress.
“Even if we are not in government, we are praying and we will keep praying for God to protect these emirates from all evils.”
Recall that Sanusi, who became Emir in the final term of Kwankwaso as governor, was dethroned by Ganduje, who was deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed.
Sanusi was dethroned on March 9, 2020, and banished from Kano to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa State, and after several interventions was allowed to relocate to Lagos State.
Ganduje had also divided the emirate into five and appointed emirs who were at par.
