The ad-hoc committee of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, headed by Deputy Speaker Mohammed Buba Jidjiwa on a bill seeking to Amend the Adamawa State Emirs and Chiefs’ Appointment and Deposition Law, 2024 has fixed Tuesday 12th August, 2025 for Public Hearing.
In a statement made available to state Assembly correspondents’ by the secretary of the committee Barrister Hassan Aminu, indicates that, the public hearing is scheduled to take place at Barrister Ahmed Ali Gulak committee room of the Assembly complex in Yola, by 10:00AM.
The bill which was forwarded to the house by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri is seeking amendment to empower the Governor to appoint a prince from the ruling houses to act in place of an Incapacitated Emir or Chief during the period of Incapacitation.
According to the statement, the public hearing is to enable the ad-hoc committee constituted by the speaker of the house Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, collect Inputs from relevant stakeholders from all the Emirates and Chiefdom in the state for the proposed amendment law.