Adamawa: Fintiri Carves Out New Emirates, Chiefdoms

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Monday December 23, 2024, announced the creation of two Emirate Councils.

In a state-wide broadcast, the Governor also informed that five Chiefdoms have equally been established.

The Source reports that the announcement of the creation of the new traditional institutions is coming on  the heels of speculations and apprehensions concerning the status of the Lamido of Adamawa in the state.

About three weeks ago, the social media was inundated with speculations that the State House of Assembly had enacted a legislation stripping the Lamido of Adamawa of his age long status as the permanent chairman of the Adamawa State Council of Traditional Rulers.

The rumour was thick enough to draw a response from the legislators who dismissed the news as not only fake, but misleading.

In a statement issued on Friday December 13, 2024, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon Musa Mahmud, noted that what was actually passed was a bill establishing three Zonal traditional Councils.

According to him, the Heads of the newly established Zonal Traditional Council will be reporting to the Lamido who will retain his position as the permanent Chairman of the State Traditional Ruler Council.

The two new Emirates as announced by the Governor are Fufore and Maiha.

While Maiha with headquarters in Maiha town is of third class status, that of Fugore, with its headquarters in Fufore, is of 2nd class status.

Similarly the newly created Chiefdoms include Hoba with headquarters in Hong, Madagali, to be headquartered in Gulak, and Miohika, with its headquarters in Michika.

Others are Gombi and Yungur with headquarters in Gombi and Dumne respectively.

All the new Chiefdoms according to Governor Fintiri are 2nd class in status.

The state Governor  explained that part of the reason for the establishment of the new traditional institutions ,is for security enhancement.

The Source further reports that Adamawa is one of the states in the North East region ,being ravaged by insurgency ,particularly Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists for the past   years.

He noted that although ,there have been remarkable improvement in the security situation in the state ,the creation of the traditional enclaves will make for more security supervision.

Particularly, Governor Fintiri expressed the  optimism that the issue of farmers/ herders clashes will be mitigated if not completely eradicated.

The traditional institutions, he insisted,  are better placed to assist security agencies in maintaining peace and order in the communities.