Post: | Grand vizier |
Body: | the Sokoto Caliphate |
Appointer: | The Sultan |
Appointer Qualified: | with Governor of Sokoto State advice and consent |
Formation: | 1804 |
First: | Abdullahi dan Fodio |
Incumbent: | Sambo Junaidu |
Flag: | Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate.svg |
Incumbentsince: | 2018 |
Member Of: | Sokoto Sultanate Council |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate |
The Sokoto Grand Vizier, or Wazirin Sokoto, was the Grand Vizier to the Sultan of Sokoto, the Paramount Chief of the Sokoto Caliphate and suzerain of the Usman dan Fodiyo Jihad states. The position survived the fall of the empire as a largely honorary ceremonial rank in contemporary Nigeria.