25/08/2017
THE DOSSIER OF A QUINTESSENTIAL POLITCIAN ( RELOADED)
A Plethora Of attributes distinguish senator victor Rampyal Lar, PDP senator, Plateau South Senatorial District from the crowd, making him irresistible endearing to you on first encounter.
In more ways than one, your first encounter with him would indelible impart you with a memorable and humbling experience, an experience that is akin to a study in humility and ingenuity.
Lars life style is like a study in exemplary character, his political sagacity a study in exemplary leadership.
His distinct and dignified mien, clear focus and confident carriage, high intelligence quotient with an uncanny ability to grasp issues that are presented to him at the speed of light, are second to none, thereby, making him a primus inter pares.
His cool, calm and collected character coupled with a disarming smile and down –to-earth personality, immediately arrests you and resonates long after you have left him.
The totality of his personality, indeed underscores a man unimpressed by combined grandeur, prestige, prospect and paraphernalia of office position as a distinguish senator of the federal republic of Nigeria and, perhaps, the next executive governor of plateau state.
Many say he is not an overtly ambitious person, they are correct, others say he is a fine gentle man, now turned pastor, they too are correct.
Hear him:
‘’I believe that a call to service is a trust and a covenant with the people, which cannot be divorced from service to God,’’ he said.
A great number a plateau political demagogues and observers alike believe that given his excellent political tract record he was the right successor to the then Governor Jang in 2015, his longtime political ally.
Lar said that he came into the gubernatorial race with agendas which borders around the state’s tourism, mining, education, youth empowerment, agriculture, health just to mention a few, which can move the state forward if carefully planned and executed .
He said that his ambition to govern the state is guided by these agenda, as well as his impatience with injustice and his being a stickler for equity.
‘’ I am impatient with injustice and a stickler for equity and justice’’, were his words when asked about his general philosophy in life.
Senator Lar rose from the position of secretary, Langtang North Local Government Council, where he learned the rudiments and later bestrode the grassroots political landscape like a monstrous colossus.
He thereafter proceeded to the House of Representatives, where he distinguishes himself as a vocal, focused and go- getter legislator for eight years.
He went on to contest for the governorship of the state in 2007 and narrowly missed it, though some say he won the election but was rigged out.
Notably, that was notwithstanding the minority status of the ANPP in the state on which platform he contested the election.
In 2011, he jettisoned or, perhaps, suspended his gubernatorial ambition and, instead, vied for the senate.
Observers say the decision was simple and strategic, perhaps, realization of the understanding that base on the rotational principle of the state governorship of the PDP, the governorship ticket will go to plateau north senatorial zone.
The election was later won by now Distinguished Sen Jonah Jang, his erstwhile ally in the then ANPP for whom he indirectly or inadvertently stepped down
By this no mean feat, senator Lar has succeeded in sending political goose pimples and shock waves down the spine of many a plateau political observer about his arrival on the state political scene.
In 2015, he made a second attempt to run for governorship but came third behind the then deputy governor Amb. Ignatius Longjang (southern zone) and his colleague in the senate, Late Sen GNS Pwajok (northern zone) who clinched the Party governorship ticket for the PDP.
Once again, the governorship race for 2019 is around the corner and Senator Lar has been under intense pressure from the masses to run for office, should he agree to respond to the call, many say he is just the right man to beat the incumbent Governor Simon Lalong and return his party, the PDP back to power in the state after being displaced by the now ruling APC in 2015.
Is destiny already beckoning on Rampyal, the “one who strives for progress” as his middle name literally translates to come salvage plateau state and lead her once again to the path of greatness?
The people of plateau state are watching, praying and waiting for a God anointed Governor who will come and deliver them from the chains of hardship being imposed on them by the APC led government in the state.
