Governor Bello Matawalle has directed traditional rulers in Zamfara state to seek permission before bestowing titles on people.
The directive was contained in a statement released on Wednesday July 20, by the governor’s spokesman, Zailani Bappa.
The statement read;
“All Emirs, Senior District Heads and District Heads in the state are hereby directed to officially seek permission from the State Government before conferring traditional titles to anyone.
“The directive becomes necessary in order to check indicriminate award and possible abuse of the traditional institution.
“Henceforth, no Emir, Senior District Head or District Head must appoint anybody into any traditional office without securing official permission and clearance from the state Government.
“Compliance to this directive is now mandatory and failure to it will attract serious reprimand from the state Government”
This is coming after an outcry that trailed conferment of a title on notorious bandit Adamu Aleru by Yandoto Emirate.