The Sokoto State Authorities says the hypothesis about an alleged plan to dethrone the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’advert, was the work of mischief makers.
The federal government’s spokesperson, Sambo Danchadi, in a press release on Tuesday, mentioned an govt invoice forwarded to the State Home of Meeting has no provision (s) to dethrone the Sultan.
The federal government’s clarification adopted Vice President Kashim Shettima’s feedback on the event cautioning the state authorities concerning the improvement.
“In all developmental points on this nation, His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, I need to use him as a degree of reference to recognise and admire all our royal fathers current right here,” Mr Shettima had mentioned.
“And to the deputy governor of Sokoto, I’ve a easy message for you. Sure, the Sultan is the Sultan of Sokoto, however he’s rather more than that; he represents an concept, he’s an establishment that each one of us on this nation have to jealously guard, shield, promote, protect, and challenge for the expansion of our nation,” Tribune Newspaper quoted Mr Shettima as saying on the North West Peace and Safety Summit in Katsina on Monday.
Beneath is the complete assertion from the Sokoto Authorities
Following the submission of a invoice by the Sokoto State Authorities for the modification of the Legislation on the appointment of Conventional Rulers to the Sokoto State Home of Meeting, after its passage by the State Govt Council just a few weeks in the past, some faceless teams and people harboring uncertain intentions, have inundated the Social Media with cooked up tales aimed toward tarnishing the great identify of the Sokoto State Authorities.
We had needed to stay silent and ignore the write-ups as a result of they’ve largely been written by nameless people, however as a result of extreme discussions they’ve generated and the concern that the misinformation they comprise, might additional misguide harmless members of the general public, now we have been compelled to supply some clarification.
The mischievous hearsay mongers are alleging amongst different lies that:-
1) The invoice in query will search to dispossess the Sultan of the facility to “appoint, droop, punish, switch and many others any conventional ruler right down to the ward head”
2) that the identical powers shall be wholly, utterly and completely vested to the Governor with out having to seek the advice of anyone”
3) that ” how the Sultanate Council will react to this political change, re-inventment or modification will go an extended option to decide its survival”.
The Sokoto State Authorities needs to remind members of the general public that ever for the reason that creation of Sokoto State out of the defunct North-Western State to this point, spanning by means of the reign of the late Sultan Abubakar 111, to Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki, Sultan Muhammadu Maccido (all of Blessed reminiscence), certainly as much as the current Sultan, His Eminence Muhammadu Saad Abubakar, the Sultanate Council has at all times remained accountable in each Legislation and Follow, for Collating functions of all aspirants to the thrones of District and Village Heads.
The Sultanate Council has been liable for shortlisting and Submitting suggestions of three Candidates to the Governor for approval. It has been the Governor, who approves One of many advisable Candidates for appointment as District or Village Head. It’s at this level that the Sultanate Council conveys the Governor’s approval to the appointee and subsequently prepare for his turbanning by the Sultan.
It was solely in 2007, through the reign of Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, when the Legislation was amended to present Sole Powers to the Sultan to nominate Village Heads with out recourse to the State Authorities. This has been the follow updated. Certainly, the essence of resubmitting this invoice for modification is just not in any method supposed to change the already present Powers of the Governor or the function of the Sultanate Council within the appointment of District and Village Heads.
For the avoidance of doubt, the invoice will quickly be on the ground of the State Home of Meeting for all to see. In different phrases, the modification is just searching for to align the regulation with what has been in follow for many years. The modification additionally seeks to overview the tenure of Native Authorities Councils from Two to Three years for higher and simpler efficiency of the Councils.
So far as the Sokoto State Authorities is anxious, its relationship with the Sultanate Council has at all times been cordial and can proceed to stay so.
All mischief makers are due to this fact severely suggested to search out various technique of dissipating their power.
Signed
Sambo Bello Danchadi
Commissioner of Info and Orientation
25-06-2024
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