The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo
Fayose, on Sunday in Jos, pledged to donate N2.5m yearly for the period of 10
years to the children of the first military administrator of the state, Lt.
Col. Mohammed Bawa (retd.), who died in a private hospital in Jos last week.
He also said that the Ekiti State
Governor’s Residence built by the late MILAD would be named after the deceased.
While describing the death of
Bawa as shocking, he said it would remain a great loss to the people of the
state, “who are appreciative of his pioneering role as the first MILAD in the
state.”
Fayose made the promise when he
paid a condolence visit to the residence of the family of Bawa located on Musa
Bot Street, Rayfield, GRA in Jos.
“Late Bawa left three children,
one of them is schooling at the Nigerian Turkish Nile College in Kano, another
one has just secured admission into the same school. Their mother died shortly
after giving birth to them.
Fayose said, “I have pledged
N2.5m each year for the family, for the next 10 years. It will be properly
documented and will be binding on the governments after me, because we are
doing this for a leader that had served our people and he was the first
governor, whether military or civilian. All we know is that he was our first
governor, and the house he built as the Governor’s Residence will soon be named
after him during his remembrance when his family visits Ekiti. That will show
that Ekiti is another home for Bawa.
“Bawa came to Ekiti State at a
time we needed a man like him for the take-off of the state and despite the
odds he met on ground as the first military administrator of the state, he
practically brought water out of stone to lay a solid foundation for Ekiti. It
is an understatement to say he worked assiduously for the progress of our state.
He did work tirelessly for our state and its take-off.
“The government of Ekiti State
will stand by the family and do the needful, because late Bawa remains our
pathfinder and benefactor. Before his demise, I used to talk with him and he
gives advice especially when he reads from the newspapers about Ekiti State.”
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