The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk, has pledged to use thirty million naira (N30m) from his personal resources in order to reconstruct three old city gates and the famous "Kusugu well" monument in the emirate.

The emir made the pledge last Saturday in his palace during an occasion organised by the emirate to honour Hajiya Talatu Nasir Daura who was recently appointed as permanent secretary for women affairs by the state government.

"We have awarded contract worth millions of naira to reconstruct city gates to promote our historical antecedents, and all the monies going to come from the personal pockets of the emir, if anybody has contributed a dime let him say so," the emir declared.

He said the emirate was motivated into embarking on such ventures because they don't want to be like Oliver Twist who always asks for more after all that the state government has done for them in recent days.

He said they were in a hurry to develop the palace into a modern one that will march the 21st centaury even as they have limited time in their disposal. He however seeks for the cooperation of all people in the emirate.

Explaining further he said, while the state government has reconstructed the two major western and southern gates to the best so far in the northern part of the country with hundred of millions of naira, the emirate decides to reconstruct the eastern and northern gates at the cost of seventeen (N17m)million naira.

In addition he said, the famous Kofar Gabas (East gate) where the legendary Bayajidda came through to Daura is to be reconstructed at the cost of six million naira (N6m) while the famous Daura historical Monument of "Kusugu well" is to be re modernised also at another cost of six million naira(N6m).