El-Rufai Appoints Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli As Emir of Zazzau

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday approved the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. He succeeds Alhaji Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20, 2020 after reigning for 45 years.

The appointment was contained in a statement issued by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani.

Alhaji Bamalli is the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in 100 years, following the demise in 1920 of his grandfather, Emir Dan Sidi.

Until his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli held the title of Magajin Garin Zazzau and served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Thailand, with concurrent accreditation to Myanmar. He was also a permanent commissioner in the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission in 2015.

Bamali worked in the banking sector as Executive Director and later acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Corporation. He equally worked as a staff of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Agency before a stint as head of Human Resources at MTel, the mobile communications arm of the old Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL).

Born in 1966, Alhaji Bamalli studied Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy and a diploma in Organisational Leadership from Oxford University.

He is a fellow on Conflict Resolution of the University of York, United Kingdom (UK).

A statement by the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani on behalf of Governor El-Rufai congratulated the new emir, HRH Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli on his appointment and wished him a successful and peaceful reign as Emir of Zazzau.

It was however gathered that the appointed emir by Governor Nasir El-Rufai was not among those recommended by the Kingmakers of the Zazzau emirate council.

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