Alhaja Sikirat Jakande, wife to the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the family had remained peaceful and united since his death.
”We are happy that we have remained peaceful and united as a family which has always been our goal,” Sikirat said in Ikeja.
She spoke in Ikeja during the 2024 Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture organised by the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE).
Jakande was the founding President of NGE.
He also served as Governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983.
He died on February 11, 2021 at the age of 92.
“I miss his presence, we miss his wisdom and everything he stood for, but we are happy that his legacy lives on.
“He worked hard, and we, his family members, are benefitting from his good name and hard work,” she said.
Also, one the late former governor’s sons, Deji Jakande, said that keeping his father’s name unblemished was not negotiable.
”Baba has given us a legacy to cherish for generations to come, and we are going to do well to preserve his name.
” We are grateful to Lagos State, his professional association and the Federal Government for remembering what a great man our father was,” he said.
Jakande was born in the Epetedo area of Lagos Island to parents, both of whom were from Omu-Aran, Kwara State.
