The Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Kano Emirates Council Law (repeal bill) 2024 on Thursday.
This was sequel to deliberations on the floor of the house during plenary on Thursday.
The law, which was passed after scaling 3rd reading, had abolished the establishment of five emirate councils in the state.
The new bill would revert the state’s highest ranking traditional institution to its former structure of one emir as all the offices established under the previous law had been dissolved.
The bill had also provided that all district heads elevated or appointed under the repealed law are to revert to their previous positions.
The bill, titled Kano State Emirates Council (Amendment number 2) Law, 2024, was sponsored by the Majority Leader and member representing the Dala Constituency, Lawan Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa.
Recall that the former governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, on December 5, 2019, assented to the law that created five new emirates in the state.
The governor assented to an amendment to the law on 14 October, 2020 and signed another amendment on 11 April, 2023.
