Lateef Jakande, first civilian governor of Lagos state, has died at the age of 91, reports TheCable
Jakande is reputed to have initiated sweeping reforms in education and infrastructure while he was Lagos governor.
His polices centred on low-income groups and the middle class. He taxed the rich to take care of the poor. He built 30,000 housing units in estates across Lagos and provided free primary and secondary education.
He founded the Lagos State University and started the metroline project to ease the transportation burden in the state.
But the project was aborted when the military regime led by Muhammadu Buhari took over power in 1983.
