The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday has announced the renaming of public buildings and roads in honour of prominent retired public officials and politicians.
The renaming was done was by the Governor Nasir El-Rufai in Kaduna on Tuesday.
Governor El-Rufai said, “Today, we are delighted to begin unveiling the new names of some of these public facilities.”
He said public buildings and roads renamed are: Investment House renamed after former Vice President Namadi Sambo; State High Court Complex named after Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais; the State Secretariat renamed after for SSG and HOS Maccido Dalhat.
Others are Kaduna State Public Procurement Authority (KADPPA) named after the late Deputy Govenor Barnabas Yusuf Bala (Bantex); Ministry of Health complex named after the longest serving Commissioner of Health Dorothy Miller; Kaduna Capital Territory Authority building named after Magajin Gari Sambo.
Also, the College Road, Ungwan Dosa, was named after former Kaduna State military Governor AVM Usman Mu’azu; Sokoto Road, up to Government House, was renamed after former Governor of the Northern Region Sir Kashim Ibrahim; while WAFF Road is now extended to include the former Kashim Ibrahim Road up to the cemetery.
El-Rufai said, “The Kaduna State Government has been implementing a street naming project since 2015 as a vital feature of helping to better organise our cities.”
He said the projects were undertaken as part of the Urban Renewal Programme, “have added to the urgency of achieving further results in this sphere.”
El-Rufai said “It is a chance to honour those who have served this state, our country or humanity at large.
“Honouring those who have served is an obligation every set of leaders owes to those who came before. Sometimes, sudden and unexpected events make it impossible to pay deserved tributes to people in their lifetimes. But it is important to seek to honour people and their service when they are still around, but preferably when they are no longer in office.
“This exercise is also an opportunity to respect history and to clarify street names,” he said.
