The Bauchi State government has
disclosed that the appointment of
Secretary to the State government (SSG), Alhaji Suleiman, as the Emir of Misau followed due process.
Bauchi State government stated this
yesterday while reacting to media report on protests trailing the emergence of the new emir.
According to the state government, section 3 (1) of the Chiefs ( Appointment and Deposition) Law 1930 confers on Governor Mohammed Abubakar, who received the list of nominees from the kingmakers, the power to endorse any of the nominees or any other prince even without nomination. Suleiman was last Thursday announced by the governor as the new emir of Misau after the death of the late emir, Alhaji Muhammadu Manga III. In a statement by the director of press affairs in Government House, Bauchi, Ibrahim Sani Umar, the state government maintained that in exercising his power, the governor was expected to endorse a person who has what it takes to provide an exemplary leadership. Umar said nothing could be further from the truth, as Suleiman’s appointment followed his nomination by the Misau kingmakers, who nominated three out of about a dozen contenders to the throne. The statement reads in part, “And you cannot be a contender, not to talk of being nominated by the king makers, unless you are a direct descendant of the first emir, Muhammadu Manga. “The fact is, being part of the family of the immediate preceding Emir is not a requirement. All one needs is to have direct male lineage traceable to the Manga dynasty, through any of the ruling houses. And the traditional king makers know the ruling families well enough.” Denying that the interference in the replacement of the late Emir was due to political interests, the state government insisted that the issue of interference needed not to arise, considering the fact that the governor had the legal power to appoint and the person so appointed is deservedly qualified.
According to the state government, section 3 (1) of the Chiefs ( Appointment and Deposition) Law 1930 confers on Governor Mohammed Abubakar, who received the list of nominees from the kingmakers, the power to endorse any of the nominees or any other prince even without nomination. Suleiman was last Thursday announced by the governor as the new emir of Misau after the death of the late emir, Alhaji Muhammadu Manga III. In a statement by the director of press affairs in Government House, Bauchi, Ibrahim Sani Umar, the state government maintained that in exercising his power, the governor was expected to endorse a person who has what it takes to provide an exemplary leadership. Umar said nothing could be further from the truth, as Suleiman’s appointment followed his nomination by the Misau kingmakers, who nominated three out of about a dozen contenders to the throne. The statement reads in part, “And you cannot be a contender, not to talk of being nominated by the king makers, unless you are a direct descendant of the first emir, Muhammadu Manga. “The fact is, being part of the family of the immediate preceding Emir is not a requirement. All one needs is to have direct male lineage traceable to the Manga dynasty, through any of the ruling houses. And the traditional king makers know the ruling families well enough.” Denying that the interference in the replacement of the late Emir was due to political interests, the state government insisted that the issue of interference needed not to arise, considering the fact that the governor had the legal power to appoint and the person so appointed is deservedly qualified.
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