Bauchi Gets 14 Additional Emirates, Chiefdom

Thirteen caller emirates and 1 chiefdom person been created successful Bauchi state, bringing the fig of the six existing emirates and chiefdoms to 20.

Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed assented to the Bauchi State Chieftaincy and Deposition Law and Matters Related Thereto, 2025, connected Tuesday successful Bauchi.

Agreeing to the bill, Governor Bala Mohammed named the fourteen caller emirates and chiefdoms Bura with its palace astatine Bura, Dambam successful Dambam, Darazo successful Darazo, Duguri successful Yuli, and Gamawa successful Gamawa.

Others are the Giade emirate successful Giade, Toro successful Toro, Warji successful Katangar Warji, Ari astatine Gadan Maiwa, Jama’a astatine Nabordo, Lame astatine Gumau, Bununu successful Bununu, Lere successful Lere, and Zaar Chiefdom, with the office astatine Mhrim successful Tatawa Balewa.

Governor Bala said that the betterment successful the accepted instauration of the authorities was meant to fortify the unity of Bauchi, deepen section governance and promote cooperation. In time, the imaginativeness and benefits volition go clearer.

The repeal of the Sayawa Chiefdom and enactment of the Zaar Chiefdom with office astatine Mhrim assemblage successful Tafawa Balewa Local Government country to code long-standing assemblage demands.

Also, the Chieftaincy Appointment and Deposition Law creates caller emirates and implicit 1 100 territory heads crossed Bauchi State.

Governor Bala Mohammed warned against politicising oregon undermining the implementation of the recently enacted laws, adding that information agencies are directed to instrumentality due action.

In collaboration with the Secretary to the State Government, helium directed the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice to instantly gazette and administer copies of the instrumentality to each applicable authorities and institutions for implementation, particularly the information agencies.

He besides directed information agencies to guarantee strict compliance, noting that the reforms are intended to foster inclusion, peace, and equitable improvement crossed each communities.

Governor Mohammed reaffirmed his administration’s committedness to preserving taste heritage, promoting unity, and ensuring inclusive development, stressing that accepted rulers stay captious partners successful maintaining bid and driving socio-economic advancement crossed Bauchi State.

The Governor signed the Local Government Pension Contributory Scheme into law, pledging to wide the backlog of pensions and gratuities owed to retired section authorities workers.

In addition, the 2025 Appropriation Supplementary Act was signed to enactment the creaseless implementation of ongoing developmental projects and programs initiated by his administration.

Presenting the bills, the Bauchi State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y. Sulaiman commended the Governor for his responsiveness to assorted communities.

He noted that the monolithic turnout astatine the nationalist hearings reflected citizens’ beardown tendency for authorities beingness and effectual accepted medication astatine the grassroots level.