Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Friday in Abuja, renamed the Plateau State University after Chief Solomon Lar, the late first executive Governor of the state.
Jang announced this at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, where the remains of the late politician were formally received on arrival from London.
His corpse arrived at the airport at 6.00 a.m. aboard a British Airways flight BA-O83 from London where he died on Oct. 9, at the age of 80.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lar, who was also the pioneer National Chairman of the PDP, midwifed the formation of the party and led it to victory in the 1999 general elections.
Jang also announced that Dec. 11 to 13 would be observed as mourning days in Plateau to honour the departed.
He declared that Dec. 13, the day Lar would be finally laid to rest, would be observed as a work-free day in the state.
May the soul of this great man, Rest in Peace.
