A Social Development Expert in Kwara State, Mr. Akinola Ololade has appealed to the Federal Government to immortalize the Late Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folohunsho AbdulRazaq who was the first Lawyer in Northern Nigeria.

Mr. Ololade in a statement in Ilorin stated that AbdulRazaq deserved to be honoured in the same manner other statesmen in the past were, in view of his contributions to the growth and development of the country.

The Public Affairs Commentator while listing the selfless services of the late Mutawali of Ilorin to the nation, said the late icon served the nation excellently and rendered selfless service to Kwara state in particular and Nigeria as a whole. According to him:

“In 1963, Alhaji AGF Folohunsho AbdulRazaq was the only Nigerian chosen to serve in OAU committee that was set up to settle boundary rift between Algeria and Morocco, also a delegate to UNO General Assembly in 1968 because of his gift of diplomacy and reconciliation.”

The statement also mentioned that the late Tafida Zauzau was not only a legal luminary but an accomplished educationist who championed the educational liberation of his people by being the first private individual to establish a private Secondary school named ‘Ilorin College’, Ilorin, now Government High School, Ilorin, which had produced distinguished Nigerians.

Ololade recalled how the late Nigeria envoy to Côte d'Ivoire led the establishment of the University of Ilorin when he was a commissioner in the old Kwara State, noting that he personally requested for its establishment from the then Yakub Gowon-led administration of which is request was granted. His statement read:

 “It is interesting to note that when the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin was scraped, he personally intervened and it was restated after some years.

“In view of these few contributions not to mention all, I believe, he deserved this honour and I am hereby calling on President Mohammadu Buhari to use his good office to honour the late icon by naming University of Ilorin after him.”