Nigeria, May 25 -- The reinstated Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, has commended Governor Abba Yusuf and the state House of Assembly for restoring the state to only one emirate with a first class emir.

Mr Sanusi said both the governor and the lawmakers have rightly preserved the traditional institutions, unlike in some other northern Nigerian states where he said the institutions have been bastardised.

He stated this after being presented with his reinstatement letter by Governor Yusuf at an event at Government House, Kano on Friday.

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