go-mssqldb | Microsoft SQL server driver written in go language | SQL Database library

I want to get a list of records from a SQL database using LIKE with % before and after the search term. I'm using the github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb package. My query is as follows currently:

row, err := DB.Query("SELECT * FROM Person WHERE Name LIKE %@p1%", nameToSearch)

This throws the error: Incorrect syntax near '@p1'.

I've tried other variations of the query including the following:

• SELECT * FROM Person WHERE Name LIKE '%%' @p1 '%%'
• SELECT * FROM Person WHERE Name LIKE '%%' || @p1 || '%%' These fail as well.

Is the driver I'm using not able to support Like's with wildcards?

I have a requester that manages my SQL queries against an Azure SQL database. The function responsible for transaction queries is as follows:

This is my Go code. I am using version 1.13 Once the code starts running, the memory consumption continuously increases, never decreasing. I dont think I am creating new variables. I am only reusing global variables for all the storage.

I read online that the GC in Go should kick in every 2 minutes...?

EDIT: I am monitoring the memory consumption of the program on the Windows Task Manager. And the Memory starts at ~5MB, when the program starts to run and increases 0.3~0.5 MB every minute.