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DON’T RENEGE ON RE-NAMING PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY AFTER LAR-MAFUYAI
By
Dickson Gupiya
30 April,
2018
Solomon Lar foundation has organise a posthumous
birthday in honour of the first civilian governor of Plateau state the
(Emancipator) Chief Solomon Daushep Lar at the Langtang north Mini Stadium.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the occasion and Chairman S.D, Lar
Foundation, Hon Samuel Mafuyai disclosed that proactive steps should
be taken towards supporting Lar's foundation to enable it sustain his legacies.
He called on government at all level,
non-governmental organizations, philanthropists and the general public to as a matter
of fact key in, particularly in the areas of health, education and economic
empowerment.
He further called on the authority concerned not to
renege on the renaming of Plateau state University Bokkos to Solomon Lar
University a decision that has already received commendations and applause by
all and sundry.
"I wish to call on the Plateau State
government under the able leadership of Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong to kindly
revisit the issues surrounding the naming of Plateau State University, Bokkos
as Solomon Daushep Lar University. We feel that the naming of this citadel of
learning to immortalize Lar was a step in the right direction which was
applauded by many.
"We are therefore, appealing to the state
government to reconsider its decision of naming of the university after the
late icon. The Plateau State government should take a cue from Kano State which
named their state university after their renowned orator, Alhaji Maitama Sule
by enacting an enabling law to that effect," he said.
The Jonah Jang administration had
in December 2013 renamed the university after Lar at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport Abuja, where his remains was formally received on arrival
from London. But till date that had remained a mere declaration as nothing has
changed in the university to that effect.
In her remarks, the former Plateau State Deputy
Governor and now Chairman of the Board of the National Agency for the Control
of AIDS (NACA), Dame Pauline Tallen, said apart from being father to all, the
late Lar had the fear of God and always enjoined them to do everything with the
fear of God, including politics.
She described him as a detribalized Nigerian and
one who is friendly to all irrespective of gender, class, tribe or religion,
adding that all hands must be on deck to ensure that his foundation is boosted.
Similarly in his goodwill message, the chairmanship
candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Lantang North Local Government,
Comrade Laven Ubandoma Joshua, said Lar took transformational politics with
great seriousness adding that he was people'-centered as well as a symbol of
unity to the entire country.
Joshua, who acknowledged that he was mentored by
Lar, further stressed that his foundation has already built goodwill and
advancement in several areas in many communities since his demise.
Highlight of the event, which was well attended in
the stadium which was filled to capacity, includes march past by women and
different groups, music and entertainment, lectures/goodwill messages, playlet,
launching of magazine about Lar, among other things.
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