Jakande Reveals His Best Gift As He Clocks 90
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande has said the best gift he earned from God was the opportunity to serve people of Lagos.
The Elder statesman will be 90 years old tomorrow (Tuesday).
Speaking with newsmen on Monday, Jakande, who was governor of Lagos State between 1979 and 1983 when the military coup that brought then General Muhammadu Buhari to power as head of state, expressed appreciation to God for sparing his life to reach the age of 90.
He also thanked God for making it possible for him to serve Lagos in that capacity, saying that serving Lagos had always been his priority.
“I thank God for giving me the opportunity to serve Lagos. No better gift will one have than the opportunity to serve my people. I thank God for that,” he said.
While advising young politicians to make up their mind to serve, just as he said they had to be educated to get ready to serve, Jakande, who was also a former minister, applauded successive civilian governments that came after him, saying they really served Lagos and kept the vision he had for the state.
While noting that his success in Lagos State was because of the programmes he introduced which had the acceptance of Lagosians, Jakande described the development of Lagos State in recent time as very commendable, saying that “those who came after me have done very well.”
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Jakande, who commended the incumbent governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu for starting on a good note, expressed the hope that he would further sustain the tempo in the development of Lagos that he and other governments had started.
