The previous Kano State Home of Meeting Speaker, Kabiru Rurum, who’s at present the Chairman of the Home Committee on Air Drive, has challenged the Kano State Authorities’s choice to dissolve the Rano Emirate.
Rurum, a member representing Rano, Kibiya, and Bunkure Federal Constituency, faulted the State Authorities’s choice on the commissioning of the Nigerian Airforce Ladies Boarding Secondary Faculty in Rano Sunday.
Additionally, Rurum vehemently opposed the Kano State Authorities’s choice to downgrade the Rano Emirate to second-class standing.
It ought to be recalled that Rurum, who holds the standard title of Turakin Rano, was earlier elected on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Celebration after his defection from the All Progressives Congress in 2023.
Rurum expressed robust opposition to the dissolution, emphasizing the historic and cultural significance of the Rano Emirate.
“I need to guarantee each citizen of Kano South that I strongly oppose the dissolution of our Emirate,” Rurum declared. “I stand firmly with our first-class Rano Emirate, and nobody can demote us to a second-class standing.
“That is the place bestowed upon us by God,” he stated.
Going again reminiscence lane, he recalled the age-long conventional and cultural heritage of the individuals of Rano, stressing, “We’re the descendants of Autan Bawo, with a wealthy historical past in Hausaland. We perceive and recognize the worth and honor that God has blessed us with because the individuals of Rano.”
The dissolution of the Emirate adopted a current invoice handed by the Kano State Home of Meeting, which formally dissolved all of the 5 Emirate councils created by former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje within the state.
The legislative transfer, throughout a plenary session in July, additionally established new second-class Emirate councils in Rano, Gaya, and Karaye, with every supervising particular native authorities areas.
Previous to the dissolution, the Rano Emirate comprised 10 native governments: Rano, Kibiya, Bunkure, Kura, Tudun Wada, Doguwa, Sumaila, Takai, Garun Malam, and Bebeji.
Following the brand new regulation, the jurisdiction of the newly created second-class Emirates will likely be restricted to their respective native authorities areas, signalling a restructuring of conventional establishments.
