Mike Zhang, a Chinese trader in Kano State has bagged a chieftaincy title and would now be known as “Wakilin Yan China” by Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II.
The title comes as a bid to strengthen the ties between Kano State and China with Mike Zhang being the chief and leader of the growing Chinese community in the northern state.
The title empowers Zhang for the role of proper management of the Chinese community which he will be representing at the Kano royalty in times of need.
The instalment which is a move to establish peaceful coexistence was very similar to that of ‘Sarkin Inyamurai’, chief of Igbo residents in Kano and ‘Sarkin Yarabawa’, chief of Yoruba residents in Kano.
The turbaning of the “Wakilin Yan China” took place on April 25 at the Emir’s palace in Kano.
