Baba Lar promoted the ideals of love,peace and unity in the nation – Professor Mary Lar 

By Golok Nanmwa, Jos

Wife of the first civilian governor of Plateau state  (Now Plateau and Nasarawa States ) Professor Mary Lar on Tuesday said her late husband Chief Solomon Lar left behind so many legacies .

She made this known in a chat with newsmen in Jos the Plateau state capital,describing  late Chief Solomon Lar as “a man of peace, a man of clean heart”, who was dearly loved by his people.

“Its been more than  four years since the death of my husband ,and he is greatly missed by me , his children and supporters” ,

It could be recalled that Chief (Dr)  Solomon Lar passed on to glory on the 9th October 2013  at  the age of 80.

 Chief Solomon Daushep Lar, was  also the founding chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP 

Professor Lar  observed that for Lar to have personally delivered a letter seeking an end to Late General Sani Abacha military dictatorship to him at that time shows that he was ready to lay down his neck for his country. 

She added that “if all the leaders in this country had his kind of heart, Nigeria would have been a better place as   his interest was not for parochial and selfish purpose.”

 Baba Lar was our pillar and we miss him so much ,Baba was a friend of the downtrodden ,he did not discriminate ,Baba took care of his citizens he was there for the needy poor and downtrodden ,Baba even appointed a Yoruba person as commissioner during his tenure ,Baba carried along all tribes along in governance .”

“My late husband spent over fifty years in active service to his country and promoted the ideals of love ,peace ,and unity in the nation, he was a generous man ,it was obvious to me that his life was for selfless service ,he gave without counting the cost,he devoted his life to giving out to people ,no matter their background ,class ,ethnicity race ,colour or religion  ,to him giving was a duty ,it gave him much joy to have to give .”

She said before he passed on, her husband gave a message of peace and unity to the country, adding that Lar’s last wish was that Nigeria should remain as one indivisible entity. 

“Before my husband died ,He told me to tell Nigerians to uphold peace ,love and unity and to stay peacefully with one another ,love is everything ,.I am appealing to all citizens of Nigerians to stay peacefully with one another , we have no other country but Nigeria so let’s continue to be our brothers keeper .”

She admonished present day politicians to learn from late Lar .

“To me Baba was selfless in serving his father land ,he was fair and just in his ruling ,my late husband was a man of strong Christian faith and fair to all ,he promoted peace,love and unity across the nation and the world and was a blessing to humanity.”

Baba,s legacy are enormous ,he built schools ,hospitals and so  many projects , some of his notable achievements includes ,the execution of the Jos main market ,initiated by the Joseph Gomwalk administration, the establishment of Barc Farms ,the establishment of the Plateau Television ,Baba lar established 117 new secondary schools ,3 new teachers training colleges ,the college of education Gindiri ,and school of health Zawan  he upgraded the college of technology Barkin Ladi into a full fledged polytechnic and so many other projects .

Mrs Lar however lamented that some promises made by some politicians after the death of her husband were not met till date.

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Baba Lar promoted the ideals of love,peace and unity in the nation – Professor Mary Lar