Bauchi government divulge arrangement to revamp Tafawa Balewa’s mausoleum
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| The arrangement have been found out via way of means of the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism |
The State Government of Bauchi on Friday found out arrangement to rehabilitate the tomb of Nigeria’s first and most effective Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, in Bauchi.
The arrangement have been found out via way of means of the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Asma’u Ahmed Giade, on the annual memorial lecture and prayers for the overdue First Republic Head of Government, organised via way of means of the state authorities held on the tomb.
The mausoleum housing the tomb, consistent with Dr Giade, were left out for many years through successive administrations within the state.
She knowledgeable that the Governor Bala Mohammed-led management had set a arrangement in movement to revamp the area so that it will making it appealing to vacationers from inside and out of doors the country.
The commissioner recounted contributions of a few company our bodies and people toward the protection of the overdue political icon.
“I will now no longer neglect about to additionally well known First Bank of Nigeria Plc who had declared hobby to make contributions in the direction of the preservation of the tomb.
“Also, I will now no longer spherical off my speech with out bringing up the efforts of National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) and especially Shehu Baba Azare, in doing his remaining satisfactory to peer that Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa remembrance day will become a fact in Bauchi country.
“Before I spherical off, I need to renowned the attempt of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation for his or her several contributions to the upgrading of the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa tomb,” she said.
Dr Giade knowledgeable that Governor Mohammed final yr declared each fifteenth January as an afternoon of prayers for the past due Sir Tafawa Balewa, including that the Bauchi State House of Assembly had made law to make the day official.
In his remarks, the eldest son of the overdue Prime Minister, Malam Yakubu Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, lamented that the kids of the past due icon aren't being carried alongside withinside the scheme of factors within the nation.
Highlights of the event had been unique prayers provided for the repose of the soul of the past due Sir Tafawa Balewa through the Chief Imam of Bauchi, Sheikh Bala Baban Inna, famend cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi and Reverend Abraham Dimas.
Governor Mohammed became represented on the event through his Deputy Senator Baba Tela.