Yusuf Abdullahi Sumaila

Yusuf Abdullahi Sumaila born on 16 April 1982, is known by the royal title of Tafidan Sumaila, he is a District Head title holder at Sumaila Local Government of Kano State in Nigeria. He is a member of the Muallimawa dynasty a branch of the Aliyawa, House of Maiduniya and Banu Gha, with descent from the noble Madinawa, Jobawa, Toronkawa and Hausawa clans of the Arab, Fulani and Hausa tribes called the Hausa-Fulani Arabs.
Yusuf is a prominent traditional figure in Kano State, North-West of Nigeria, he worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Zenith Bank, Gidauniya Investment and Properties Limited and Kano State Television Corporation Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV). He participated in the National Youth Service Corps program where he served at the Nigerian Prisons Service Nasarawa State Command.
Family
Yusuf is the son of Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu. His paternal grandparents were Aliyu-Talle Maiduniya Sumaila and Amina Idris Ali Kofar Yamma Sumaila
His paternal great-grandparents were Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya and Maryam Muhammad Inuwa Chango, a Fulani from Chango Village at Warawa Local Government on the paternal side, and a
Jobawa Fulani Clan member on the maternal side, her mother Binta was the daughter of the Village head of Sumaila, Sarkin Sumaila Dansumaila Akilu who was a descendant of Makaman Kano Iliyasu and Makaman Kano Isa I.
His maternal grandparents were Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi Maikano and Hajiya Rabi Usman Abdulhamid. His maternal grandfather was a village head at Wudil, His maternal great-grandfather Sheikh Mahmoud was an islamic religious leader and his maternal great-great grandfather Sarkin Wudil Dawaki Bello was the village head of Wudil under the Kano Emirate.
Education
Yusuf received early religious education at home, where he learnt and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, he obtained a bachelor's degree in economics and a Masters in Business Administration from Bayero University Kano.
Yusuf is a Member of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, First Aid Group of Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Associate Member Institute of Certified Economists of Nigeria, Certified Financial Analysts of Nigeria, Fellow Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management, Chartered Risk Analyst, Member Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria, Member Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Associate Member Institute of Professional Entrepreneurs and Strategic Administrators of Nigeria.
Political positions
He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Congress for Progressive Change, All Progressives Congress, and Peoples Redemption Party, he served as the Financial Secretary Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria (MCAN)Nasarawa State 2005-2006, Chairman NYSC Children's Idea Foundation Club Nasarawa State 2005-2006.
Reign
He was turbaned as a title District Head at Sumaila in 2020.
Principles
On his accession to the position of District Head he advocated that his subjects should continue to follow the Islamic religious principles earlier set out by his paternal great-grandfather Waliyi Abdurrahim Maiduniya who was an Imam at Kadawa, during his tenure as an imam he advanced the acceptance of the Maliki School of thought in the Kano Emirate by influencing later scholars to use the principles of the Maliki school of thought instead of the other Islamic school of thoughts, the Maliki school is one of the four major madhhabs of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary sources. Unlike other Islamic fiqhs, Maliki fiqh also considers the consensus of the people of Medina to be a valid source of Islamic law, the Maliki madhhab is one of the largest groups of Sunni Muslims, comparable to the Shafi`i madhhab in adherents, but smaller than the Hanafi madhhab. Sharia based on Maliki doctrine is predominantly found in North Africa (excluding northern and eastern Egypt), West Africa, Chad, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Emirate of Dubai (UAE), and in northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia.
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