The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Kano State Emirates Council Establishment Bill 2024 after the bill scaled a third reading.
The bill was sponsored by a lawmaker representing the Rimin Gado/Tofa state constituency, Muhammad Bello Bututu.
The bill seeks to establish Kano as a first-class emirate while Rano, Gaya and Karaye would remain second-class emirates while Bichi was excluded from the bill passed into law on Tuesday.
According to the bill, Emirs of the three second-class emirates would be answerable to the Emir of Kano and shall have powers to advise him on any matter relating to the maintenance of public order, boundary dispute or dispute between two or more people within their areas of jurisdiction.
This development comes amidst the lingering battle for the throne between the reinstated Kano Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II, and the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.
Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, the deposed Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero, was previously the emir of Bichi before being dethroned along with four other emirate councils created out of the state by former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
