{"id":102342,"date":"2023-01-05T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102342"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:28:26","slug":"bauchi-emirate-strips-ex-minister-of-traditional-title-for-disrespecting-gov-bala-mouammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/bauchi-emirate-strips-ex-minister-of-traditional-title-for-disrespecting-gov-bala-mouammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Emirate strips ex-minister of traditional title for \u201cdisrespecting\u201d Gov. Bala Mouammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1754167310141256389\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alhaji Bello Kirfi, a second Republic Minister and a Minister of Special Duties to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been stripped of his traditional title of \u201cWazirin Bauchi\u201d and removed from being a Council Member of the Bauchi Emirate Council, for his \u201cdisloyalty and disrespect\u201d to Governor Bala Mohammed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to a report, this will be the second time in five years that the Bauchi Emirate Council would take such action against Kirfi, who is also a retired federal civil servant and one-time Pro-Chancellor, University of Ilorin from 1997-99.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of the Bauchi Emirate Council, Alh. Shehu Mudi Muhammad, conveyed Kirfi\u2019s removal in a letter addressed to him, dated January 3rd, 2023 with reference No: BEC\/ADM\/20\/VOL.XV and titled: \u201cRemoval from office as a Council Member and Traditional Title of Wazirin Bauchi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad stated that his removal followed a directive from the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state for his \u201cdisloyalty and disrespectful\u201d to the governor.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI am directed to refer to a letter received from the Ministry of Local Government Affairs of reference No: MLG\/LG\/S\/72\/T dated 30th December, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe content of the said letter indicated your disloyalty and disrespect to the Executive Governor of the State and the government. It therefore directed for your removal with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the above, you are hereby removed from office as Wazirin Bauchi and also as a Council Member of Bauchi Emirate,\u201d the terse letter read.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Bello Kirfi was suspended by the Bauchi Emirate Council in March 2017 during the administration of former governor Mohammed Abubakar for alleged \u201cdisloyalty and unruly behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But three years later, following the intervention of governor Bala Mohammed and wider consultations, the Emir of Bauchi rescinded the Council\u2019s suspension and restored him in August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The governor personally visited the elder statesman in his house and presented him with the letter reinstating him as the Wazirin Bauchi where he applauded him for his patriotism, commitment and sportsmanship especially his efforts in the protection of the rights of Bauchi indigenes and Nigerians in general.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alhaji Bello Kirfi, a second Republic Minister and a Minister of Special Duties to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been stripped of his traditional title of \u201cWazirin Bauchi\u201d and removed&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bauchi Emirate strips ex-minister of traditional title for \u201cdisrespecting\u201d Gov. 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