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Over 100 Traditional Leaders Attend Emir Bayero’s Coronation

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Kf9FgVek" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Bayero&comma; President Muhammadu Buhari&comma; who was represented by the Vice President&comma; Prof Yemi Osibanjo&comma; thanked governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state&comma; for the appointment and coronation of the Emir as generational change&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"XnaK3gUp" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>He made the statement during the Coronation of Emir Bayero held at Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium&comma; Saturday&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Your Excellency Abdullahi Umar Ganduje I congratulate you on this period of joy as you midwifed a generational change of guards&&num;8230&semi;with the swearing-in and handing over of the Staff of Office to the new Emir of Kano&comma; Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said &&num;8220&semi;It is for me a special privilege to be in this city of proud history of exquisite culture to represent the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria&comma; President Muhammadu Buhari to witness this historic Coronation of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero&comma; as the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Your Royal Highness I need not to say to you that this city of Kano is not ordinary city in both historical and modern times&period; Kano has always been revered as a major commercial and economic centre in Africa&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mueJ1EDg" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>And a melting pot of diverse tribes and cultures&comma; assimilated into a robust&comma; vibrant and cohesive whole&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he observed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He continued appreciating that&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It is only with the tolerance of the culture of Kano where opposite ideas can co-exist peacefully&period; That you could have a thriving free market economy&comma; with several Millionaires and yet also be the best of the radical centre left of political ideas&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adding that&comma; &&num;8220&semi;This is afterall the city of the socialist man of the masses&comma; Malam Aminu Kano and many of his disciples&period; And Kano is also the home of the capitalist richest man in Africa&comma; Alhaji Aliko Dangote&period; From wherever you come to Kano&comma; you must feel at home&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a letter from President Buhari to the Emir&comma; that was read by the Chief of Staff to the President&comma; Professor Ibrahim Gambari&comma; said &&num;8220&semi;I wish to extend my whole hearted congratulation to you for your ascension to the throne of your forefathers&comma; as the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano&comma; from the Sullubawa clan&comma; culminating in a well deserved installation that has just taken place here on this Saturday&comma; 3rd of July&comma; 2021&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The letter states &&num;8220&semi;Your coronation and turbanning is providential&comma; because it is happening at a time in the history of our country when the prevailing social and political conditions resonate from the ascension of my friend&comma; your late father&comma; the Emir of Kano&comma; Alhaji Ado Bayero&period; May his soul rest in perfect peace&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As I continue to pray for your success and look forward to your contribution to uplifting the people of Kano Emirate in particular&comma; and the nation in general&period; I wish to assure you of my support for you to leave a sustainable legacy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the letter concludes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;All the traditional leaders who have gathered here&comma; particularly the Sultan of Sokoto&comma; have done us a great honour&comma; with their presence&period; The last time we witnessed a historic event like this&comma; was when the late Emir of Kano&comma; Alhaji Ado Bayero&comma; was handed over the Oath of Office here&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It is without any doubt that&comma; all these celebrations up to this grand occasion are well received by the people of Kano&period; That is why wherever you go in Kano today people are celebrating because of this coronation&period; Which shows how people accepted this historic event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is accepted by our religious leaders&comma; by our youth and women&comma; by business community and by all segments of society&comma; including his blood relations within the Emirates&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Ganduje said &&num;8220&semi;Your Highness we are very happy with the way you are conducting yourself and the way you operate in this exalted Emirate&period; We are witnessing how you are helping government on many developmental spaces&period; We are happy with that&period; We pray that may Allah guide and guard you on this throne&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Appreciating further that&comma; there was no doubt that the late Emir Ado Bayero who ruled for over 50 years&comma; had promoted peace and stability in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adding that&comma; &&num;8220&semi;He worked with many governors in the state&period; He worked with many military governors and worked with civilian governors&period; Then worked again with other military governors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then from 1998 he worked with civilian governors&period; And there was no point in time when there was clash between the Emirate and the state&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Explaining further that it was a very welcome development that the new Emir fits into the shoes of his late father&comma; &&num;8220&semi;&&num;8230&semi;since his ascension to the throne he moved to continue with the good relationship that his father left between Kano Emirate and other Emirates across the nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He respected them very well in their palaces&period; That is why they said they would reciprocate back&period; This is why we are seeing them all here&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over 100 Emirs&sol;traditional leaders from across the nation and other nations of the world graced the occasion&period; Many came from each of the six geo-political zones of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not less than 8 governors from parts of the country were physically at the occasion&comma; these are governors of Jigawa&comma; Katsina&comma; Zamfara&comma; Kebbi&comma; Sokoto&comma; Bauchi&comma; Kogi&comma; and Lagos were there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Senate President&comma; Dr Ahmad Lawan and many Principal Officers of the National Assembly&comma; alongside many members of the National Assembly were also there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those at the occasion included the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa&&num;8217&semi;ad Abubakar III&comma; Shehu of Borno&comma; the Imperial Majesty Ooni of Ife&comma; Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi&comma; His Royal Majesty Oba of Benin&comma; Omo N&&num;8217&semi;oba Ewuare III&comma; His Royal Majesty Ooni of Oni&comma; and His Highness the Emir of Gwandu&comma; among many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many traditional leaders from Senegal&comma; Tchad Republic&comma; Cameroon&comma; Niger Republic&comma; and Ambassadors from South Africa&comma; India among many other foreign diplomats were present at the grand event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were there&period; Along heads of federal government agencies&comma; departments and parastatals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; 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