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The passage of Chief Lateef Kayode Jakande, governor of Lagos State (1979-1983), media administrator, serial founder and nurturer of professional journalism associations, draws a curtain on an era, not only in Nigerian politics, but, indeed, her journalism. Chief Jakande was the last of the five governors elected on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria during Nigeria’s second republic; the other four Ambrose Alli, Victor Onabanjo, Adekunle Ajasin, and Bola Ige worthy compatriots of many decades having predeceased him.
As governor, Jakande exhibited the single-minded pursuit of goals like his leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He deservedly received much plaudits for his execution of the UPN’s four-cardinal programmes of free education, free health, full employment, and integrated rural development. He was also not spared critics’ censure for his educational programme, which, whilst pandering to populist acclaim, also damaged some established schools. Our focus on hi