Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has given the nod for the appointment of a former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Thailand, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the new Emir of Zazzau (Zaria) Emirate.
A statement by the Kaduna Commissioner of Local Government Affairs, Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani said Bamalli who is the first Emir from the Mallawa ruling house in about 100 years will be succeeding HRH Alh. (Dr.) Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20, 2020 after reigning for 45 years.
The retired diplomat who concurrently served as Nigeria’s envoy to Thailand and Myanmar will be enthroned as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. He has worked in banking sector as an Executive Director and later acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Corporation.
He was 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).
Before his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Bamalli held the title of Magajin Garin Zazzau.
He has been a permanent Commissioner in the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission since 2015.
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, the statement said, adding is also a fellow on Conflict Resolution of the University of York, United Kingdom (UK).
