Despite his travails with his state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the United Nations, UN has appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, as a mem
Despite his travails with his state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the United Nations, UN has appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, as a member of the new class of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocates.
Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, made the announcement through Farhan Haq, his spokesman, at a news conference in New York on Thursday. The SDG advocates are 17 influential public figures committed to raising awareness, inspiring greater ambition, and pushing for faster action on the SDGs.
Muhammadu Sanusi II is one of the six new members of the group, which is co-chaired by President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Erna Solberg, prime minister of Norway. The other five new members are Hindou Ibrahim of Chad, Dia Mirza of India, Edward Ndopu of South Africa, Nadia Murad of Iraq and Marta Vieira da Silva of Brazil.
The emir’s appointment comes barely a day after Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, assented to a bill passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on the breaking up of the emirate in the state. Four new emirates were created, thereby reducing the powers of Emir Sanusi who will now in control of only 10 local government areas. Sanusi reportedly opposed the re-election of Ganduje, who needed a disputed supplementary election to be returned to office in the March 2019 governorship election.
After Ganduje lost the poll heavily in Kano municipal, there were rumours that he would hunt the emir after the election.
