NewsJakande Will Live In People’s Hearts Forever – Sanwo-Olu

Jakande Will Live In People’s Hearts Forever – Sanwo-Olu

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BEVERLY HILLS, March 21, (THEWILL) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday said one of his predecessors, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, would continue to live in the hearts of Lagosians and Nigerians forever.

Sanwo-Olu said the legacy of the late Jakande would remain with Lagosians for a long time to come, describing Jakande, a former Minister of Works, as a detribalised Nigerian, who was outstanding in all his achievements.

He added that the former Governor, known as “Baba Kekere,” lived a righteous life and would live forever in people’s hearts.

The Governor spoke on Sunday at the 40th day Memorial Service of the late Jakande at the Chapel of Christ The Light, Alausa in Ikeja, saying, as the first civilian Governor, the deceased laid a foundation nobody could ever erase in Lagos State.

He said: “This service is indeed well-deserved by our late father, the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande. We cannot celebrate him enough and we will continue to celebrate him forever for the life that this detribalised Nigerian and outstanding Lagosian lived.

“He built the foundation that all of us are enjoying today. He will continue to live in the hearts of several children and even unborn children because he has indeed laid the foundation for something that nobody can erase.

“Romans 14:8 says that; ‘For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.’ This is synonymous with today’s sermon titled ‘The righteous lives forever.’ So when we say the righteous will live forever, indeed we can say that Baba Jakande has earned it and we know that he will live forever.”

Reading from Isaiah 41:10, Sanwo-Olu urged the family of the deceased to have faith in God Almighty.

He said: “Isaiah 41:10 says ‘Do not fear; for I am with you: be not be dismayed; for I am thy God: I will uphold you with my right hand.’ God will uphold the wife and children of Alhaji Lateef Jakande forever. Lord will also uphold Lagos State and every one of us.”

In his sermon, titled, “The Righteous Shall Live Forever,” the Lord Bishop, Diocese of Lagos (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. (Dr) Humphrey Olumakaiye, said the definition of a righteous man was not about being an angel or a saint but a man that touched lives while alive and used his position to create opportunities for people who could never pay him back.

He therefore urged political office holders to see their positions as a great opportunity to serve and benefit the people, noting that righteous people are always concerned about the welfare of God’s creation, which the late Jakande stood for in his lifetime.

Bishop Olumakaiye, who described the late Jakande as humble and humane, said the former Governor never used religion as a tool to divide the state in providing leadership and dividends of democracy for the people of Lagos.

He said Jakande achieved a lot within four years in office and demonstrated service to the masses by providing free education, medical care, low-cost housing and infrastructure, among others for the benefits of not only Lagosians, but all Nigerians.

Also, Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rt. Rev. (Dr.) Stephen Adegbite, said his generation would never forget Jakande and other Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) governors in the Second Republic because of how they impacted people’s lives through the people-oriented programmes of the party.

During the memorial service also attended by the First Lady, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Jakande’s widow, Alhaja Abimbola Jakande, and her children, former Lagos Deputy Governor, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, members of the State Executive Council, Body of Permanent Secretaries, among others, prayers were offered for the family of the late Jakande, who died on February 11, 2021 at the age of 91.

Clergies also prayed for Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and their families, the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary arms of government, the T.H.E.M.E.S. Agenda of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration, a peaceful Lagos and the country in general.

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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.

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