“Law is all around us” – Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II of Kano

Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 16th Emir of Kano, has shared that enrolling in a law degree program is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, aimed at strengthening justice in society.

In his words, he said

I have always said that the classroom is my default. I am happiest when I am studying or teaching. For me, this is a great opportunity to do a subject I have always wanted to do. Law is all around us, it governs our families, our contracts, our property, succession and even how we drive on the road. It is the safeguard for a decent and stable society,” he said.

It helps a lot to understand the law, but beyond that, it is a field that holds society together. The day you don’t have law and order, the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must,” he said.

We tend to underestimate our own teachers, but they attained the same levels of education as those abroad. If you study law, you might as well study law in Nigeria. What is the point of studying British law when you are not going to live there?” he asked.

I am a student in the morning and an Emir in the afternoon. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are for classes, while Mondays and Fridays I sit at normal hours. When I cannot attend physically, I join virtually. The university has been flexible enough to accommodate my schedule,” he said.

Nobody is too young or too old to go to school. The more education you have, the better a citizen you become. I have been here for just three days and I have learnt a lot. We should all seek knowledge because that is what improves us as individuals and as citizens,” he said