Lamido Adamawa remains life Chairman, Council of Emirs, Chiefs – State Assembly

From Umar Dankano, Yola.

The Adamawa state House of Assembly has declared that His Royal highness Lamido Muhammadu Barkido Aliyu Mustapha remains the Chairman, Council of Emirs and Chiefs in the state.
The legislative arm of the state government made the declaration, in the wake of controversial report of the sack of the paramount ruler, popularly known as the Lamido Adamawa.
Chairman of the Legislative House Committee on Information and Member representing Mayo-belwa constituency, Hon.Kalamu Musa Mahmoud declared this at a press conference in Yola Friday.
Recall that the media space especially the social media was dominated with the rumoured removal news item which generated confusion and disaffection among the people in the state and beyond.
Kallamu, confirmed that the bill establishing the Adamawa State Council of Chiefs retains the Lamido Adamawa’s position as Life Chairman as backed by Section 17 of the Adamawa State laws.
He added that, Section 18 of law defines the council’s membership to include ; First-class chiefs, Second-class chiefs, Permanent Secretary of Chieftaincy Affairs and the ALGON Chairman (Association of Local Governments of Nigeria).
He further clarified that, the recent creation of zonal traditional councils does not affect the Lamido Adamawa’s role explaining that the Zonal councils will have rotational chairmanship but remain subordinate to the state chairman, the Lamido Adamawa.
“This clarification reaffirms the Lamido Adamawa’s status and dispels any misinformation and mis presentation regarding his leadership,”Kallamu stated.
Our Correspondent in Yola reports that the passage of an amended state law empowering the Governor to appoint and remove emirs and chiefs by the state Assembly which birth to creation of 83 new districts has been a subject matter on the front banner in the state at the moment.
Also, some pundits are viewing the development as a transformative gesture in the traditional arena while others are kicking against such move perusing it as a way to witch-hunt those in the traditional circle who were presumed to have supported other governorship candidate other than Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the last 2023 governorship election which was marred with political intrigues in the state.