Fatima Haliru —
Abesan Estate, commissioned on December 17, 1982 and one of the 14 estates built by the late Lateef Jakande is 40 already.
In honour of the late housing icon, Jakande, residents of the estate has organized a week long event to mark the anniversary and posthumously award the former civilian governor of Lagos state for the unparalleled feats in housing and infrastructure he achieved in developing the state.
“Abesan estate was the first among the 14 estates that the late Jakande built when he was governor of the state, Chairman of the Anniversary Committee, Pastor G. O. Oduwole said, in a report gotten from the Guardian.
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“We therefore, decided as residents and beneficiaries of his good work to celebrate and honour him posthumously for building the estate purposely for the lower class.
“The current governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwolu, will also be unveiling a statue in honour of the late Jakande. This is not political, but a befitting honour to the former governor”, he added.
According to the President of the Abesan Estate Residents’ Association, Elder M. I. Oduwole, he said “though, the residents have been trying to do their best in ensuring security and order, because of lack of perimeter fence, the estate has become porous to non-residents and vehicles.
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“We have always carried out a sensitisation program to ensure culture of maintenance of the building structures and to some extent, we are making impact, but then some buildings were marked out recently as distressed.”
“We hereby call on Lagos State Government to come to our aid in the area of security because we need to fence round the estate and need to improve on the current state of infrastructure”.
