Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has mourned demise of the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande who died on Thursday at 91, recalling that he was a governor who ran a daily ‘political clinic’ to address welfare of the governed.
Penpushing reports that, Osoba in a condolence message pointed out that the late politician and journalist, left a giant footprints where ever he had the opportunity to serve at the state and federal level.
‘An astute politician who left giant footprints where ever he had the opportunity to serve at the state and federal level. As Governor of Lagos State, he ran a daily ‘political clinic’, where citizens consulted him an issues.
Penpushing further reports that, Osoba in the condolence message, a copy he personally sent to Penpushing media pointed out that, in Yoruba parlance, ‘Iroko tree as well as an elephant has fallen. God grant him eternal rest’.
The veteran journalists emphasized that the decease will be remember in history as a personification of the best in journalism and a political colossus, who single handedly founded both the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ)
‘Jakande will be remembered in history as a personification of the best in journalism and a political colossus. He single handedly founded both the newspapers proprietors association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism’, Osoba stated.
‘He was the first black African, Chairman of the International Press Institute, made up of Publishers and Editors all over the world. He was a foundation member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and Guild of Editors’, he wrote.
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