Kaduna Govt appoints new chiefs for Chikun, Fadan Ayu and Kudaru chiefdoms

Posted by News Express | 9 November 2021 | 541 times

•Governor El-Rufai

By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna

Kaduna State Government has appointed Chiefs of Chikun, Fadan Ayu and Kudaru Chiefdoms, signifying the first set of appointments since the new Traditional Institution Law was passed.

News Express reports that the new law specifies rotation amongst ruling houses as the succession pattern, except where there is a sole ruling house.

A statement on Monday, signed by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, disclosed that Mr Ishaku Yari has been appointed as Esu Chikun while Alhaji Ibrahim Ayu Halidu is the Chief of Fadan Ayu and Mr. Yakubu Iliya Sauri in now Chief of Kudaru.

Adekeye said that the appointments “follow the vacancies created by the demise of their Highnesses Dr. Danjuma Barde (Esu Chikun), Alh. Yahaya Mamuda (Chief of Fadan Ayu) and Dr. Ishaku Sabo Damina (Chief of Kudaru).”

According to the statement, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has congratulated the new Chiefs on their appointments and has wished them peaceful and successful reigns.

“The Ministry of Local Government Affairs will communicate the dates for the formal installations of the new traditional rulers,” Adekeye added.

Source: News Express