A former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has paid a glowing tribute to a former Lagos governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who passed on, on Thursday, saying an “Iroko tree as well as an elephant has fallen”.
Chief Osoba said the late Jakande would be remembered as a personification of the best in journalism and a political colossus.
“He singlehandedly founded both the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism.
“He was the first black African chairman of the International Press Institute made up of publishers and editors all over the world”.
The former Ogun governor also noted that Jakande was a foundation member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the Nigeria Guild of Editors.
He described the deceased ex-governor as an astute politician who left giant footprints wherever he had the opportunity to serve at the state and federal levels.
”As governor of Lagos State, he ran a daily ’political clinic’ where citizens consulted him on issues”.
Osoba prayed God to grant the late Jakande eternal rest.