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Jakande</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Lagos_State" title="Governor of Lagos State">Governor of Lagos State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 1979 – 31 December 1983</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_Lagos_State" title="Deputy Governor of Lagos State">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rafiu_Jafojo" title="Rafiu Jafojo">Rafiu Jafojo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ebitu_Ukiwe" title="Ebitu Ukiwe">Ebitu Ukiwe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gbolahan_Mudasiru" title="Gbolahan Mudasiru">Gbolahan Mudasiru</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minister of Works</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 1993 – March 1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sani_Abacha" title="Sani Abacha">Sani Abacha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdulkareem_Adisa" title="Abdulkareem Adisa">Abdulkareem Adisa</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Lateef Kayode Jakande</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1929-07-23</span>)</span>23 July 1929<br /><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a> (now Lagos Island, Lagos, <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a>, Nigeria)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">11 February 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-02-11)</span> (aged 91)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Journalist</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lateef Kayode Jakande</b> (<span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/04\/Yo-Lateef_Kayode_Jakande.ogg\/Yo-Lateef_Kayode_Jakande.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Yoruba pronunciation"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Yo-Lateef Kayode Jakande.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/Yo-Lateef_Kayode_Jakande.ogg/Yo-Lateef_Kayode_Jakande.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">Yoruba pronunciation</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Yo-Lateef_Kayode_Jakande.ogg" title="File:Yo-Lateef Kayode Jakande.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span>; 23 July 1929 – 11 February 2021) was a <a href="/wiki/Nigerian" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian">Nigerian</a> <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who served as governor of <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a> from 1979 to 1983, and later Minister of Works under the <a href="/wiki/Sani_Abacha" title="Sani Abacha">Sani Abacha</a> military regime.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lateef_Jakande&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lateef Kayode Jakande was born in the Epetedo area of <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a> on July 29, 1929. Both parents are from <a href="/wiki/Omu-Aran" title="Omu-Aran">Omu-Aran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kwara_State" title="Kwara State">Kwara State</a>. He had his primary school education at the Lagos Public School at Enu-Owa, <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a>, then at Bunham Memorial Methodist School, <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a> (1934–43). He studied at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College,_Lagos" title="King's College, Lagos">King's College, Lagos</a> in 1943, and then enrolled at Ilesha Grammar School in 1945, where he edited a literary paper called <i>The Quarterly Mirror</i>. </p><p>In 1949, Jakande began a career in journalism first with the <i>Daily Service</i> and then in 1953 joining the <i><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Tribune" title="Nigerian Tribune">Nigerian Tribune</a></i>. In 1956 he was appointed editor-in-chief<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <i>Tribune</i> by the owner Chief <a href="/wiki/Obafemi_Awolowo" title="Obafemi Awolowo">Obafemi Awolowo</a>. </p><p>After leaving the <i>Tribune</i> in 1975, Jakande established John West Publications and began to publish <i>The Lagos News</i>. He served as the first president of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Lagos_State">Governor of Lagos State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lateef_Jakande&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governor of Lagos State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Encouraged by Awolowo, he ran for election as executive governor of Lagos State in 1979, on the <a href="/wiki/Unity_Party_of_Nigeria" title="Unity Party of Nigeria">Unity Party of Nigeria</a> platform.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defeated his opponents, <a href="/wiki/Adeniran_Ogunsanya" title="Adeniran Ogunsanya">Adeniran Ogunsanya</a> of Nigerian People's Party (<a href="/wiki/Nigerian_People%27s_Party" title="Nigerian People's Party">NPP</a>) and Ladega Adeniji Adele of <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Nigeria" title="National Party of Nigeria">National Party of Nigeria</a> with a total of 559,070 votes and was subsequently sworn in as Governor.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His administration was effective and open and implemented the cardinal policies of his party. He introduced housing and educational programs targeting the poor, building new neighbourhood primary and secondary schools and providing free primary and secondary education. He established the <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University" title="Lagos State University">Lagos State University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Institute_of_Journalism" title="Nigerian Institute of Journalism">Nigerian Institute of Journalism</a>, Lagos House, is named after him. Jakande's government constructed over 30,000 housing units.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the housing units include low cost estates at <a href="/wiki/Amuwo-Odofin" title="Amuwo-Odofin">Amuwo-Odofin</a>, Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, <a href="/wiki/Epe,_Lagos_State" title="Epe, Lagos State">Epe</a>, Anikantamo, <a href="/wiki/Surulere" title="Surulere">Surulere</a>, Iba, <a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To fund some of the projects, Jakande increased the tenement rates and price of plots of land in affluent areas of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Island,_Lagos" title="Victoria Island, Lagos">Victoria Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lekki_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Lekki Peninsula">Lekki Peninsula</a> and the processing fees for lottery, pools and gaming licenses. He also completed the construction of the General Hospital in Gbagada and <a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a> and built about 20 health centres within the state. As governor, he established 23 local government councils which were later disbanded by the military. He also started a metroline project to facilitate mass transit. The project was halted when the military seized power on 31 December 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-bio2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lateef_Jakande&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the military take-over in 1983, Jakande was charged, prosecuted and convicted of treason, although later he was pardoned.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being freed, he accepted the position of Minister of Works under the <a href="/wiki/Sani_Abacha" title="Sani Abacha">Sani Abacha</a> military regime, which earned him some criticism. He claimed that he had accepted the post under pressure from <a href="/wiki/M._K._O._Abiola" class="mw-redirect" title="M. K. O. Abiola">M. K. O. Abiola</a> and other progressive leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a later interview, he said he had no regrets about the decision to serve.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his association with Abacha handicapped his career in politics after the restoration of democracy in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande became a senior member of <a href="/wiki/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party" title="All Nigeria Peoples Party">All Nigeria Peoples Party</a> (ANPP) when the UNPP and All People's Party (APP) merged.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2002, he was "suspended" by a faction of the ANPP loyal to Chief Lanre Razaq.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jakande was the first chairman of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_Party_of_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Action Party of Nigeria (page does not exist)">Action Party of Nigeria</a> (APN) when it was formed in November 2006. In May 2009, he was reported to be engaged in a struggle for control of the party with his former ally, Dr. Adegbola Dominic.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many prominent people attended his 75th birthday celebration. At this event, former Governor of Lagos State <a href="/wiki/Bola_Ahmed_Tinubu" class="mw-redirect" title="Bola Ahmed Tinubu">Bola Ahmed Tinubu</a> said Jakande was worth celebrating for his life of consistent commitment to public service. Former <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Achike_Udenwa" title="Achike Udenwa">Achike Udenwa</a> said Jakande's life and times epitomised "resilience, positive audacity, bravery and bravado, and a knack for excellence."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lateef_Jakande&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jakande died in Lagos on the February 11, 2021. His body was interred at Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi, Lagos state on Friday February 12, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lateef_Jakande&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Lagos#1960–1999" title="Timeline of Lagos">Timeline of Lagos</a>, 1980s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateef_Raji" title="Lateef Raji">Lateef Raji</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lateef_Jakande&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-bio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLai_Olurode2009" class="citation web cs1">Lai Olurode (21 July 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220215133108/http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article04//indexn2_html?pdate=210709&ptitle=Lateef%20Jakande%20at%2080">"Lateef Jakande at 80"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 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title="Military governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime">Military governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime (1976 – 1979)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_governors_in_Nigeria_during_the_Muhammadu_Buhari_regime" title="Military governors in Nigeria during the Muhammadu Buhari regime">Military governors in Nigeria during the Muhammadu Buhari military regime (1983 – 1985)</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6495416#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible 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