There are conditions which regulate succession/appointment of a new Emir in ancient and modern Hausa/Fulani Kingdoms, namely, Kingship conventions, military conditions, political conditions, and administration requirements. The conditions which shall underplay the appointment of a successor of the late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, are not far from Kinship customs, military-cum-political-cum-administration requirement of the timeas is obvious in the history of Kingship/succession in Hausa/Fulani land from time immemorial.
Smith (1965) reveals thatin Zaria hardly any Office of State was hereditary among freemen. When one lineage held two or more offices, as in Sokoto, where AliBawa still hold the titles of SarkinZamfara and SarkinKauraNamoda, or in Kano, where Mundubawa still provide the maiunguwarMundubawa and the MagajinMallamnaChedi, a number of alternatives were possible’ (P.274).
What Smith, a trustworthy historian of Hausa inheritance and succession practice means here, is that succession to the throne of an Emir or Sultan in Hausa/Fulani Kingdomschanges; there have never been definitive conditions or unchangeable factors which underplay the appointment of a new Emir or a Sultan in Hausa.
What is more obvious and factual and consistent is the advice of electoral councils, who are senior high-profile heads of big territory in the kingdom. The advice, sometimes, is either in favour of the youngest son or brother of the late Emir/Sultan.
An Emir/Sultan may appoint his successor before his death. Ado Bayero, the late Emir of Kano, is said to have well about sixty children. Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero is the third son of the late monarch. He was born in 2nd February 1964; he is now 50 years old which is an age of maturity,Prince NasiruBayero holds a B.A Honours degree in Mass Communication from university of Maiduguri as a well as a Certificate in German Language.
HRH Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero is a successful businessman, a board member of many leading companies in various sectors of the economy; He is an employer of labour. He is at present a board member of the Leverage Insurance Brokers Limited which was established in 1991.His wealth of experience and extensive contacts to bear in managing and developing the brand into a leading professional insurance broking firm in Nigeria. The company manages insurance programmes and relieves its customers of worries of disruption, liquidation, and bankruptcy.
HRH Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero is friends to the poor and needy, he is very kind and humble, he has a lot of friends across the divide, and he is a unifier of all cultural, tribal and religious divide.
HRH Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero was one of the closest child and aid of the late Ado Bayero. When the Emir of attacked on the way from a Quranic graduation ceremony in GidanMurtala Mosque, his two closest sons were in his company. There were Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero (Turakin Kano) and Sanusi Ado Bayero (Ciroman Kano). The two sons were badly injured and together with their beloved father were flown to the United Kingdom for medical check-up.
HRH Prince Nasiru Bayero is eligible for the throne because he is a cosmopolitan young man with modern qualities and qualifications. His humility, compassion, kindness, generosity, broad-mindedness, apolitical nature is what the people of Kano and Nigeria need at this trying time for the growth and development of Kano, the Hausa-Fulani Kingdom and Nigeria.
Prince Nasiru, like the late Emir, is a trustworthy custodian of cultural and traditional heritages of Kano, with a modern touch, a champion of secular education and good political governance.