Bola Tinubu, National Leader of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the first civilian governor
of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, as the last of the political titans.
Jakande died on Thursday at age
91.
Tinubu made the remark while
likening the late Jakande to Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief
Adekunle Ajasin, Pa Abraham Adesanya, Chief Bola Ige, Chief Olabiyi Onabanjo,
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, Alhaji Aminu Kano, among others.
In his condolence message to
Jakande’s family, titled; “We celebrate not mourn Jakande,” the APC National
Leader said Jakande “could appropriately be described as the last of the titans
ranking with the likes of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief
Adekunle Ajasin, Pa Abraham Adesanya, Chief Bola Ige, Chief Olabiyi Onabanjo,
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, Alhaji Aminu Kano, among others.“
He said the late Jakande was also
a “mature statesman never given to histrionics or fanning the embers of
disunity,” adding that “at difficult moments in the nation’s history, such as
the struggle against military dictatorship, he took personal painful decisions
that cost him a lot, but his integrity was never impugned.”
He added: “Showing his
extraordinary natural ability, Pa Jakande was largely self-educated, yet he
rose to become a man of great knowledge and a preeminent figure in Nigerian
journalism who stood as one of the most incisive and brilliant editorialists of
his generation. He practiced journalism with the most audacious courage in
defence of freedom, liberty and equity even in the thick of vicious military
dictatorship.
“As accomplished as he was as a
journalist, Pa Jakande shone even more brightly as a governor and true leader
of Lagos State. Whatever we have been able to accomplish in Lagos State is
because of the groundwork Pa Jakande set out before us. In so many ways, he is
the inspirational father of modern Lagos State.
“In housing, education, health
care, and road construction, he left an indelible imprint. Thousands of
Lagosian families still reside in the several housing estates he constructed
across the state. Thousands of beneficiaries of his free education scheme are
accomplished professionals and successful individuals in diverse fields today.
The Jakande administration conceptualized and actualized the Lagos-Badagry
Expressway that opened that whole sector of the state for development.”
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Jakande was a person of his own. Tinubu is talking trash.
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