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Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the first executive governor of Lagos State (1979-1983) who died on Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 91, was a rare combination of administrative genius in public governance and humility, even self-effacement, in personal life. He was a remarkable giant in public life who never made anyone feel small in his presence. Without doubt, Jakande was one of the ablest public administrators that the country has ever produced.
An encounter with the man popularly called LKJ by one of the top aides of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu illustrates the profound modesty of the spartan politician. Jakande, as the aide told me a few years ago, was in the governor’s office to see Tinubu. He had obviously announced his presence to one of the assistants in the governor’s outer office. Incidentally, he conceived and started the construction of that building. But he never occupied the office before the military seized power in December 1983. Perhaps the governor’s assistants we
By Eddy Odivwri
As a young reporter on Politics in The Guardian On Sunday Newspaper at the time, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande had, unknowingly, rescued me several times, from the hands of my no-nonsense editor, Kingsley Osadolor, (now a presenter of Good Morning Nigeria, NTA) before whom you must not appear without a story idea, at the weekly editorial meetings. Whenever the field was dry, and the threat of appearing before Osadolor “story-less” was imminent, I often rushed down to Ilupeju, where Jakande lived all his life and died last week; and one was sure to leave there with more than one story idea.
Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who was the governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983, was a heck of a leader. His tremendous achievements, daring efforts, and capacity to dream and deliver in such a short period remain a record in Lagos State and Nigeria.
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One of the areas where LKJ is most remembered was in the Education sector. His building of new schools was his most significant contribution to Lagos’ education sector for many people. Jakande’s government increased the number of primary schools from 605 to 812 ( adding 207 primary schools). The number of Secondary schools also increased from 105 schools to 223 schools. ( He built 118 secondary schools). The number of schools constructed by LKJ in 4 years is more than the total number of schools constructed by all governors in Lagos State from 1983 till date!
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