Lateef Jakande

**Lateef Kayode Jakande,** an haife shi ne a ranar 23 ga watan Yuni, a shekara ta 1929. Ya mutu a ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairu, shekara ta 2021. Ɗan jarida ne a Najeriya wanda ya zama gwamnan Jihar Legas, daga shekara ta 1979 zuwa shekara ta 1983 sa'annan daga baya ya zama Ministan Ayyuka a zamanin mulkin soja na Sani Abacha shekarar 1993 zuwa 1998, Ya mutu a ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairu a shekara ta 2021. Ya rayu tsawon shekaru 91.

## Tasowa
An haifi Lateef Kayode Jakande a yankin Epetedo na tsibirin Lagos, jihar Legas a ranar 29, ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1929 duka iyayensa sun fito ne daga Omu-Aran, jihar Kwara . Yayi karatu a makarantar gwamnati ta Legas a Enu-Owa a *Lagos Island*, sannan yayi karatu a Makarantar *Bunham Memorial Methodist School*, a patakol daga shekarar 1934 zuwa 1943, bayan nan ya tafi makarantar *King's College*, a Legas a shekara ta 1943, sannan ya shiga makarantar *Ilesha Grammar School* a shekara ta 1945, inda ya shirya wata takarda ta adabi mai suna *The Quarterly Mirror*.

A shekara ta 1949, Jakande ya fara aikin jarida da farko tare da *Daily Service* sannan a shekara ta 1953,  ya shiga jaridar *Nigerian Tribune* . A shekara ta 1956, Cif Obafemi Awolowo ya naɗa shi a matsayin babban editan jaridar *Tribune* .

Bayan barin *Tribune* a shekara ta alif 1975, Jakande ya kafa *John West Publications* kuma ya fara buga Labaran Legas. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaba na farko na ƙungiyar waɗanda suka mallaka Jaridu a Nijeriya (*Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (*'NPAN*') *).

## Gwamnan jihar Legas
Encouraged by Awolowo, he ran for election as executive governor of Lagos State in( 1979), on the Unity Party of Nigeria platform. He defeated his opponents, Adeniran Ogunsanya of Nigerian People's Party (NPP) and Sultan Ladega Adeniji Adele of National Party of Nigeria with a total of( 559,070 ), votes and was subsequently sworn in as governor. 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 gave poor people's children education and many of them are now very prominent in the society today. He established the Lagos State University and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos' house is named after the former governor. Jakande's government constructed over( 30,000) housing units. The schools and housing units were built. Some of the housing units include low cost estates at Amuwo-Odofin, Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry. To fund some of the projects, Jakande increased the tenement rates and price of plots of land in affluent areas of Victoria Island and Lekki Peninsula and the processing fees for lottery, pools and gaming licenses. He also completed the construction of the General Hospital in Gbagada and Ikorodu and built about (20),  health centres within the state. As a 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 and his tenure as Governor ended when the military seized power on (31) December (1983).

## Aiki
Bayan mamayar sojoji a shekara ta 1983, an tuhumi Jakande, an gurfanar dashi kuma an yanke masa hukuncin cin amana, koda yake daga baya an yi masa afuwa.  Bayan an sake shi, ya karɓi mukamin ministan ayyuka a ƙarƙashin mulkin soja na Sani Abacha, wanda hakan ya sanya wasu sukarsa. Ya yi ikirarin cewa ya karɓi mukamin ne daga matsin lamba daga MKO Abiola da sauran shugabannin ci gaba.  A wata hira da aka yi dashi daga baya, ya ce bai yi nadama ba game da shawarar da ya yanke na yin hidimar.  Duk da haka, tarayyarsa da Abacha ya nakasa aikinsa a siyasa bayan dawo da mulkin dimokiradiyya a shekara ta 1999. 

Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande ya zama babban mamba a jam’iyyar All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) lokacin da UNPP da All People Party (APP) suka dunƙule.  A watan Yuni a shekara ta 2002, wani ɓangare na jam'iyyar ANPP mai biyayya ga Cif Bola Ahmed Tinubu ya ce Jakande ya cancanci a yaba masa bisa irin sadaukarwar da ya yi wajen yi wa gwamnati hidima. Haka shima Tsohon Jihar Imo Gwamna *Achike Udenwa* ya ce rayuwar Jakande da zamaninsa sun haɗa da * juriya, jajircewa, jarumtaka, da kuma gwaninta gamida yin fice.

==Rayuwa da mutuwa ==
Jakande ya mutu a Legas a ranar 11,  ga watan Fabrairu, shekara ta 2021. An tsinci gawar sa a maƙabartar *Vaults and Gardens Cemetery'', Ikoyi, jihar Legas a ranar Juma'a karfe goma sha biyu (12), a shekara ta (2021) a ƙarƙashin bin ka'idojin COVID-19.

## Duba kuma

* Tsarin lokaci na Legas,( 1980s) 
* Lateef Raji

## Manazarta

 

## Hanyoyin haɗin waje

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