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Sanwo-Olu receives notes late Jakande left for him, as governor visits widow
Three days after the passing of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the late first Civilian Governor of Lagos State literally came back alive, as his widow and other family members shared memories of his last moments and his unfulfilled goals with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
PHOTO-NEWS: Sanwo-Olu leads State Executive Council on a condolence visit to the Jakande family
PHOTOS: GOV. SANWO-OLU, MEMBERS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PAY CONDOLENCE VISIT TO THE WIFE AND FAMILY OF ALHAJI LATEEF JAKANDE, FIRST CIVILIAN GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021
“His demise left me another message in life which is a good name and legacy is far better than riches” – Oluseyi Jakande
Lagos Panorama reports that Alhaji Jakande, the first Executive Governor of Lagos State and a former Minister of Works and Housing, died on Thursday in Lagos at the age of 91.
Jakande’s remains laid to rest in Lagos
The remains of elder statesman and first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, was on Friday interred at the Vaults and Gardens private cemetery Ikoyi, Lagos.
The funeral service was conducted by Islamic scholars and clerics from different communities and mosques in Lagos State, who prayed for the repose of the deceased and family members he left behind.
Jakande: “He is the inspirational father of modern Lagos State” – Tinubu
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the first civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, as the ‘last of the political titans’.
AS Tinubu, who was governor of Lagos between 1999 and 2007, made the remark in a condolence statement on Thursday in Lagos.
Alhaji Jakande died in the early hours of Thursday at 91.
Asiwaju Tinubu’s statement, titled “We Celebrate, Not Mourn Jakande,” said: “Today, we lost a great soul. Pa Lateef Kayode Jakande exemplified the best of Lagos and Nigeria...
Former Lagos Governor, Lateef Jakande, dies at 91, biography, achievements
Jakande, aka Baba Kekere, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31, 1983, in line with the five cardinal programmes of the Unity Party of Nigeria founded by a former Premier of the Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Lagos APC Mourns Jakande
The Lagos State All Progressives Congress mourns the passage of the elder statesman, an administrator per excellence and…