Plateau State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on the state government to immortalise the late Chief Solomon Lar who died in the United States.
The pioneer National Chairman of the People’s Damocratic Party, PDP, was a two-time governor of the state and a former minister of Police Affairs.
Lar who hailed from Lantang South local government in Plateau State died in a U.S. hospital on October 9, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports. His corpse is expected to leave the United States today, and arrive Nigeria tomorrow, Saturday.
In a motion calling for the immortalisation of Lar, Deputy Speaker of the House, Mrs. Joyce Ramnap, said Lar championed democracy and the rule of law in his lifetime.
The motion, seconded by Timothy Golu was endorsed by the House by unanimous vote.
Ramnap recalled that Lar stood for peace and lived the biblical injunction of “love your enemies.”
“He practically loved his enemies; he was humble and related to the poor the same way he related to the affluent,” she said.
Ramnap noted that the House session dedicated to the late former governor was not one for mourning, as Lar lived above the biblical age of 70 years, having attained 80 years of age, but an occasion to thank God, adding, “I call for his immortalisation.”
The Speaker, Mr. Titus Alarms, later mandated the Clerk of the Assembly to forward a communication to that effect to the executive.
Also speaking, Sadat Garga noted that what was worth emulating from the late sage was that his words were few and always weighty.
He agreed that Lar should be immortalised for his landmark achievements in the areas of provision of health facilities across the state and for the establishment of the Plateau Radio and Television Stations which he bequeathed to the state as the former governor.
Ibrahim Baba Hassan said Lar shunned materialism in his life time and that he had no house of his own in Abuja, and called on other politicians to emulate his selflessness.
Eulogising the virtues of the late politician, Ponmak Rindap said that Lar, in spite of his towering political stature, never stepped on any toe, big or small in his life time.
“He used to tell us, I have nothing and I will leave nothing for my children if I die, I will leave only a good name,” he said.
