Gov Matawalle Bars Zamfara Emirs From Awarding Chieftaincy Titles Without Approval

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has barred Wmirs in the state from awarding chieftaincy titles without the state government’s approval.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Special Adviser Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications to the governor, Zailani Bappa, on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the governor said, “All Emirs, Senior District Heads and District Heads in the state are hereby directed to officially seek permission from the State Government before conferring traditional titles to anyone.

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“The directive becomes necessary in order to check indicriminate award and possible abuse of the traditional institution.

“Henceforth, no Emir, Senior District Head or District Head must appoint anybody into any traditional office without securing official permission and clearance from the state Government.

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“Compliance to this directive is now mandatory and failure to it will attract serious reprimand from the state Government.”

We could recalled that Emir of Birnin Yandoto, Garba Marafa, recently conferred a chieftaincy title on a bandit kingpin, Adamu Alero, who the police later declared wanted on allegation of responsible for the killing over 100 villagers in Kastina state.

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