Ganduje Accuses Abiola’s Rival, Tofa Of Politicising Emirate Crisis

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has sternly rebuked the group of Kano elders led by 1993 presidential candidate, Alhaji Bashir Tofa for supposedly acting a political script in opposing the division of the Kano emirate into five different emirates.

Reacting to the allegation of insensitivity to the historic legacy that the Kano emirate represents, the governor reacting through the state commissioner for information Mohammed Garba accused the elders of acting the script of the political opposition.

He said: “the Kano government insists that the creation of new Emirates in the state which followed due process has come to stay, and is also part of effort to reform obsolete laws guiding the existence of the traditional institution to tally with existing reality.

“For a traditional institution to stand the test of time and move in pace with global world, it will have to be fine-tuned and restructured in such a way that it can help in accelerating the development and socio-economic reality of the people.

“Following the signing into law bill for the establishment of the new Emirates of Bichi, Rano Gaya and Karaye, a bunch of partisan and self-appointed elitist group, Advocate for United Kano, claiming to be speaking on behalf of the people of Kano sprang up, spreading fib on government’s decision to create additional Emirates in the state.

“The people of Kano overwhelmingly welcome the development, the group, which membership is more of an opposition, is trying to, at all cost, depict that old heritage is being destroyed but could not say exactly how.

“From what we have understood, it is a group of people with inclination to the opposition party in the state. They do not represent anyone but themselves and just trying desperately to become relevant  in the scheme of things,‘’ the statement adds.

Noting the governor’s altruistic intentions, he said that the governor appointed the emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as the first chairman of the rotational council of chiefs.

“To demonstrate his sincerity, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje appointed Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II as the new Chairman of the Kano State Council of Chiefs.

“There are some policies and programmes on health, security and the recently introduced Free and Compulsory Education at Basic and Secondary level that will require active participation of the community especially the traditional institution which has now been decentralized for effective implementation and coordination.”

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