The Emir of Jama’are, Alhaji Nuhu Wabi III, has turbaned the wife of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, Hajiya Hauwa Kulu as the first Gimbiya (princess) of Jama’are.
At the ceremony in his palace on Sunday, the Emir described her as a “true daughter of Jama’are who has done so well for the development of the entire emirate.”
The late Kyari hailed from Borno but his wife, Hauwa Nee (Gidado) hails from Jama’are Town in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
”The traditional role of a Gimbiya is the daughter of the Emir and a liaison between the Emir and the women folk, who do not have direct access to the affairs of the traditional institutions.
”With this installation, the women of Jama’are now have a representative in the Emirate Council; their voices can now be heard more clearly.
“I am fulfilled that I now have a real daughter of the emirate in the Council,” he said.
Wabi described Hauwa as an amiable woman who is concerned about the well-being of her people as well as the development of the emirate.
“She is qualified to be recognised because she possesses all the three reasons that people are recognised for turbaning in an emirate.