Kano Governor Abba Yusuf has announced the formation of the Kano Elders Council.
Yusuf stated at a press conference on Saturday that the council would serve as an advisory body to the state government.
The Kano governor stated that the state has elders and leaders who have achieved great success in their respective fields.
According to Yusuf, former governors, deputy governors, senate presidents, and speakers of national and state assemblies who are indigenes of the state, will be members of the council.
Others include retired supreme court justices, retired appeal court justices, former state chief judges, former state secretaries, and former heads of Kano civil service.
He also mentioned that the council includes traditional and religious leaders from the state.
Yusuf stated that the date for the council’s inauguration would be announced soon.
The formation of the council comes just 24 hours after the Supreme Court confirmed Yusuf as Kano’s duly elected governor.
On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the appeal court’s decision to remove Yusuf as governor of Kano.